AKA SHIGITATSU SAWA
Very different shape to other maples and grows more laterally, sideways, as opposed to up.
Wednesday, 12 June 2013
ACER PALMATUM AKA SHIGITATSU SAWA
Normally with more of the red flushes over the leaves and will get more shots and videos of this one throughout the year is my...
AKA SHIGITATSU SAWA
Very different shape to other maples and grows more laterally, sideways, as opposed to up.
AKA SHIGITATSU SAWA
Very different shape to other maples and grows more laterally, sideways, as opposed to up.
Monday, 3 June 2013
ACER PALMATUM VIVIDUS IS LIKELY SHIN DESHOJO
Right now vividus is NOT what this is called, I just conjured the name, in fact I do not know.
But if FORCED to guess the variety I would go out on a limb and say that this is Shin Deshojo and started out as this variety and at best I would only be HALF RIGHT, lol.
Might sound confusing but I will explain in the next post but I had forgotten how vivid these get in full splendour but this only lasts a few weeks before it goes a darker red.
I am pretty sure I have a Deshojo and this one looks like a better version of it which is what the Shin part of the name means, new or better.
I realised when I took these pictures that along with another Ukigomo I need to find out for SURE what this is and buy another one this year!!
So you may guess at this that it looks EXACTLY as it does in the pictures which are not altered at all.
But if FORCED to guess the variety I would go out on a limb and say that this is Shin Deshojo and started out as this variety and at best I would only be HALF RIGHT, lol.
Might sound confusing but I will explain in the next post but I had forgotten how vivid these get in full splendour but this only lasts a few weeks before it goes a darker red.
I am pretty sure I have a Deshojo and this one looks like a better version of it which is what the Shin part of the name means, new or better.
I realised when I took these pictures that along with another Ukigomo I need to find out for SURE what this is and buy another one this year!!
So you may guess at this that it looks EXACTLY as it does in the pictures which are not altered at all.
ACER SHIRASAWANUM AND DEALING WITH APHIDS
Oddly this was so sensitive when I bought it and yes it was a mess.
The following year it was attacked my aphids and biy did it complain about that too!
But the last year and this year it is going nuts.
Annoyingly aphids may or may NOT be a problem as they seem to make a beeline for particular maples and yet not touch the ones next to it?!
This is one they like but I am very careful about spraying Maples leaves with anything and for the love of God do not buy aphid killer from the 99p store and spray it on these guys!
I use Bug Clear for flowers and I mix it with rain water, this way I know what is in it and it works a treat. I also use Fungus Clear by the same manufacturer too and have done a couple of years now and would not use anything else.
I have used Fungus Clear to treat the MOULDY Acers I ended up buying and for Black-Spot on Roses.
Again these are only mixed with rain water.
The following year it was attacked my aphids and biy did it complain about that too!
But the last year and this year it is going nuts.
Annoyingly aphids may or may NOT be a problem as they seem to make a beeline for particular maples and yet not touch the ones next to it?!
This is one they like but I am very careful about spraying Maples leaves with anything and for the love of God do not buy aphid killer from the 99p store and spray it on these guys!
I use Bug Clear for flowers and I mix it with rain water, this way I know what is in it and it works a treat. I also use Fungus Clear by the same manufacturer too and have done a couple of years now and would not use anything else.
I have used Fungus Clear to treat the MOULDY Acers I ended up buying and for Black-Spot on Roses.
Again these are only mixed with rain water.
ACER PALMATUM ORIDONO NISHIKI
I never have been one to go for commonly available plants or animals, but I had also never been one to pass up ossessing such beauty either?!
Oridono nishiki is often seen in garden centres and this and Ukigomo, Ukigumo, or simply must haves above and beyond anything else!
This one being a good mix of large amounts of green with white and pink and with Ukigomo having nearly all pure white leaves but misted or splashed with green all you need for a little dreamy looking forest is an Orange Dream/Katsura and a Bloogood.
Contrast people....CONTRAST!
For me, once you have followed and become familiar with my rules on these guys, I would always suggest four different colours and thse would be the first four.
Together they look amazing, not too many to keep an eye on and as you learn and keep them you can then spot more and its fun to work out which colours to place next to each other, not good for your back after a few years and they are hefty beasts, lol.
I like to keep the dissectums separate from the main Maples but grouped together.
Oridono nishiki is often seen in garden centres and this and Ukigomo, Ukigumo, or simply must haves above and beyond anything else!
This one being a good mix of large amounts of green with white and pink and with Ukigomo having nearly all pure white leaves but misted or splashed with green all you need for a little dreamy looking forest is an Orange Dream/Katsura and a Bloogood.
Contrast people....CONTRAST!
For me, once you have followed and become familiar with my rules on these guys, I would always suggest four different colours and thse would be the first four.
Together they look amazing, not too many to keep an eye on and as you learn and keep them you can then spot more and its fun to work out which colours to place next to each other, not good for your back after a few years and they are hefty beasts, lol.
I like to keep the dissectums separate from the main Maples but grouped together.
ACER PALMATUM SEIRYU
Some more shots of my Dissected Maple called Seiryu.
A little oddity this one and there are just two other Dissectum I would like to acquire. One is Orangeola and the other is actually drak with light patches and likely a variegated dissectum?!
It is the only one I came across that lloked like a variegated dissectum and in the local gardening club they had them but were not small nor cheap, lol.
Cannot recall the name now, not that it matters I would recognise it from 50 yards away but I think it was something like Taisho Nishiki, or something like that.
Seiryu here seems to tolerate more of the direct sunlight than any other Maple I own?! Very strange even for a dissectum?!
A little oddity this one and there are just two other Dissectum I would like to acquire. One is Orangeola and the other is actually drak with light patches and likely a variegated dissectum?!
It is the only one I came across that lloked like a variegated dissectum and in the local gardening club they had them but were not small nor cheap, lol.
Cannot recall the name now, not that it matters I would recognise it from 50 yards away but I think it was something like Taisho Nishiki, or something like that.
Seiryu here seems to tolerate more of the direct sunlight than any other Maple I own?! Very strange even for a dissectum?!
Sunday, 2 June 2013
THE SHOW OF THE SHIRAZZ PART TWO
Tricky toi get a good shape out of this one I find but I do like mine.
I may place it somewhere else next year get a bit more vivid coral pink-red colour as with this one the lower leaves are much deeper than the upper leaves meaning more sunlight means more vivid colours.
But I did want to be careful with this for a couple years as it was in a right old state when I bought it!
I may place it somewhere else next year get a bit more vivid coral pink-red colour as with this one the lower leaves are much deeper than the upper leaves meaning more sunlight means more vivid colours.
But I did want to be careful with this for a couple years as it was in a right old state when I bought it!
THE SHOW OF THE SHIRAZZ PART ONE
Well I warned you it was showy and I warned you it was going to be a little bit of a spectacle too, lol.
My SHIRAZZ or otherwise known as Gwen's Rose Delight...
My SHIRAZZ or otherwise known as Gwen's Rose Delight...
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