I love these trees....guess what they are?

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<blockquote>I love these trees....guess what they are?
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Hmmmm Panama Red and Acapulco Gold!!

.o0(I know they aren't, but I'll be damned if I can remember what they are)

Japanese Maples.

(I'm from British Columbia, I KNOW they're not marijuana.)

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<blockquote>Japanese Maples.

(I'm from British Columbia, I KNOW they're not marijuana.)
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Thank you.. I knew they were Maples I just couldn't remember which maples..

.o0(they do look suspicious though....)

Well yes that's right....can I have the latin please?

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Acer Palmatum

(Yay, Google!)

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Great! But the red one? Needs two more words!

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Acer Japonicum?

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Noooooo. "Acer Palmatum Dissectum Garnet"! Great trees! Quite expensive too. The two you see there would be £50-80 each (or $100 - 160) in UK.

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Ah. All I could find was the family name. There are many different varieties, it seems.

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Yeah. You have these in BC? Is it too cold....hmmm...not sure...Canadian weather varies so rapidly.

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This one is doing fine in my yard in Alaska.... Zone 2

It isn't as tall as it might be if it were in a warmer clime, but it is plenty hardy.

It's about twenty five years old and I do save the seeds it produces.

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You use them seeds?....they start in Alaska?....wow!

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I dug the tree out of a University test bed that was going to be plowed under....

The root wad was about 7 foot around !! The picture doesn't have any reference in it but the tree itself is about 6 foot at it's widest spread.

I've not planted any of the seeds yet, but I see no reason they wouldn't be viable.

Someday, I do expect to start some to give away to friends who admire the tree.

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It sure is a fine specimin!

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thanks, tigher

It's the only one I've seen around this state and I'm quite proud of it.

I get many nice surpised comments from visitors.

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I got a bigger tree that folk come and photograph and spend some hours sketching. I'll dig out a photo....its impressive for sure. brb

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There's a neat thing they do in Portland Oregon....

They designate and mark trees with a 'heritage'.... there are plaques and you can get maps to the different trees.

You can travel around the city and see different species that have a 'history' in the town.

It's a great concept and I hope that kind of thing is done in other places....

Pretty neat to see even some of the trees that were there before the city grew up around them and the program gives them a chance to be saved and appreciated by all.

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<blockquote>I got a bigger tree that folk come and photograph and spend some hours sketching. I'll dig out a photo....its impressive for sure. brb
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Smaller is better Ian at least with posted pictures :)

Whoops you beat me to it :)

Is that a tulip tree?

Just a guess and I don't know the latin term... it looks like a tree we used to call a tulip tree.

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