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Re: acer triflorum/griseum

>  I live in Waterloo, IL, just east of St. Louis.  Last year, I found, at
>a St. Louis nursery, A. griseum in 1 gallon containers.  They had about
>ten of them, but only 2 had really outstanding bark, so I bought those
>two.  I have read that A griseum's peeling-bark tendency is highly
>variable and also that it develops at an early age-so what you see is what
>you get.  Also, it is difficult to propagate by asexual means, so there
>are no cultivars  available.  Based on what I saw when I found mine, the
>bark characteristics are so variable that  I don't think I would buy this
>plant mail-order unless desperate.
My two had tags from Iseli Nursery, a fairly large wholesaler, so the plant
must be getting more popular.  If you feel like a drive to St. Louis, I can
check the nursery out for you, and see what they have this year.

Lisa

>   Can any one supply me with the name of a good nursery for Acer
>griseum/triflorum in east central Illinois?
>
>Keith
>
>
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