"Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote in message
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In message , David WE Roberts
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http://s817.photobucket.com/albums/z...reyCatUK/Acer/

Tall shot taken from front porch about 20' away.

I can't be sure - between my lack of familiarity and the limitations of
the photographic medium the leaves of Acer cappadocicum and Acer palmatum
are too similar for easy identification - but I think that this is Acer
cappadocicum; Acer palmatum has a broader domed habit, and probably
wouldn't care for such an exposed situation.

I've seen Acer cappadocicum cut to the ground and regenerating. But in
that circumstance it was, I think, suckering from the roots as well as
regenerating from the stump.

Also, are you sure it's not a Liquidambar (sweet gum)? they look rather
like maples, but have alternate (one per node) leaves, rather than
opposite (two per node) leaves. (The flowers and fruits are also
different, but I don't recall Liquidambar flowering/fruiting anywhere
here.)


Not sure about anything.
Possibly alternate leaves - leaves are on side shoots from the main stem
which look like this year's growth.
I tried to use the macro setting on my mobile phone camera but it is so
windy I can't keep a branch still enough to get a decent focus.

No signs of flowers or fruit either.

Whatever, is it realistic to coppice or pollard any of the above options to
maintain a slim stem to about 10' tall and prevent the trunk growing any
bigger?

As you can probably see from the photographs it is overshadowing a lot of
the front garden and it does not show any sign of being slow growing.

Cheers

Dave R
--
No plan survives contact with the enemy.
[Not even bunny]

Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

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