Acer nikoense

I'm hopelessly addicted to surfing nursery websites and I ran across this comical description on the Whitman Farms site:
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http://www.whitmanfarms.com/Product.asp?CategoryID=6&ItemID=196

That is funny...

Ha ha ha ha ha, Hee he he he!! OMG a rib tickler for sure. Are they this honest about everthing else? If so I will give them a look. Thanks for sharing.

It's actually a VERY nice tree. Similar to A. griseum generally, it doesn't have the smooth orange bark, but the foliage is much nicer, more delicate and softly, gently furry. One of my favourite maples. I'd go for it.

Resin

Right in line with several other plantsmen's catalogs I can think of. One things for sure: we certainly are not the norm in society.

I was going to say that this is one of Resin's favorites for it's soft furry drooping leaves in spring. What a great snapshot of time!

Thanks Maackia,

Dax

Yes, I took Resin's advice on this tree last year and ordered one from Arbor Village. It sits between a A. griseum and A. triflorum on an east facing slope, protected by large White Pines to the west. It, like griseum, has been very slow to get established. One thing I've noticed is that the triflorum is much more vulnerable to leaf scorch. It was purchased considerably larger than the the other two, but while the griseum and maximowics... (close enough) show no foliage damage, the triflorum started to scorch within a month of leafing out. They've all been getting supplemental watering, and receive about 8 hours of full sun. After around 2-3pm they're in full shade as the sun gets behind the pines. Anyone else have leaf scorch problems with their triflorum?

Water it Maackia - it obviously isn't coping as well as its' neighbors. That's a full sun tree.

Dax

Anyone else have leaf scorch problems with their triflorum?

Yes! Hot dry wind does them in. I have one at my new house and it is shielded from wind pretty much, and doing fine.

I've been like a beast of burden carrying water to these trees. I think Kevin must be right about triflorum not liking hot and windy conditions. Even though it is protected from W/NW winds and is completely out of sun by mid afternoon, it is exposed to wind out of the SE. Can trees outgrow this as they develop a more extensive root system, or will this likely be a recurring problem? There's a Korean Maple just to the north of the Three Flower in an even more exposed site without a hint of scorch. I'm starting to think this might be the wrong spot for it.

Hi Maackia -

I was kind of going on the basis that Greenthumb/Mike has a triflorum in zone 4a Minnesota and unprotected possibly..

you might d-mail him and see what he thinks.

Dax

Good idea...I'll give him a shout.