On Aug 12, 9:35 am, Fuzzbuzz
wrote:
Hi, this is the first time I've used this forum, hope it works for me.
I have what I believe to ba a fully grown Japanese Maple of the Acer
palmatum 'Bloodgood' kind (at least that's what the pictures tell me it
is!!) As you can tell I'm not much of a gardener. This tree stand at
about 4ft tall and 3ft wide. It has beautiful blood red 'feather-like'
leaves on the outside and green 'feather-like' leaves on the outside.

I inherited this tree when I bought this house, it lives in a tiny
border in my back yard, and like I said, I'm not much of a gardener, so
do nothing with it. I was going to get rid of the tree, but a friend of
mine said that these trees at this height, are rare and valuable, I
don't know if she was teasing me or not. Can anyone advise me?

Thank you

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Fuzzbuzz

If the leaves are "feather like" it's probably a laceleaf maple, not a
Bloodgood. Do a google image search for "Bloodgood maple" and see if
that's what you have.

Plants get more valuable as they get older and bigger. Plant
nurseries don't like plants hanging around taking up space and
requiring care for years on end if they aren't going to make a more
money off them for the trouble. If your tree is a laceleaf it's
probably worth $300-400, if you can find someone to buy it.
Bloodgoods grow to about fifteen feet so a four footer isn't that
impressive.