"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
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"Alan" wrote ...
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This is an Acer in my garden. It is on a heavy clay soil. About 4 to 5
years old.
It is sturdy and healthy, but has 3 distinct colours.
Red, Green and an intermediate colour, where the body of the leaf is
green, but has a red edge.

What is strange is that althogh the different colours are found mainly in
sections, there are branches where all 3 are present on the smaller
branches or twigs. The colours do not develop, (like start green and
progress to red through the intermediate phase) they stay the same colour
they started out.

It is attactive enough, and healthy as far as I can tell. I do not want
to be pruning big lumps out of it, but would be interested as to opinions
about what is causing this.

Do the red bits get more sun?

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Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK

The red bits are on both the nort and the sount sides of the tree