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Emery Davis wrote:
On 3 Apr 2006 05:47:15 -0700
"Sacha" wrote:


Can anyone tell me the name of an Acer whose leaves are a very
bright
pink? Apparently there used to be one at the Garden House but it
has
since been removed. I don't recall seeing it myself, so it might
have
been some time ago.

Hi Sacha,

Do you mean a tree? A. pseudoplatanus 'Brilliantissimum'
is probably the best known, pretty widely seen. Gorgeous pink
slowly goes light green in summer. Not a very large tree.
'Prinz Handjery' is similar but with a darker under-leaf, and
a bit more vigorous. I'm trying to get hold of a good specimen
of the latter, which reputedly burns less easily.

If you mean A. palmatum, there are at least several
possibilities...

Unfortunately, all I got from the customer was that it had "very
bright
pink leaves, almost shocking pink". I wondered about Acer campestre
Carnival but can't find a pic of that.
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My guess would be as Emery said A. pseudoplatanus 'Brilliantissimum'
It might already be showing pink in milder places - almost coral pink
young leaves, a welcome eyecatching early splash of colour, almost
every park used to have one, often grown (probably better) as a big
shrub, here we've been trying to grow one as a standard and it's still
a bit pathetic after nearly 30 yrs.

--

Rod

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