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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.
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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.)

Looking at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plant...ges/9209.shtml
the expected height is 2.5m and spread 1.2m.

You misplaced the decimal point - the numbers convert to 25m and 12m.

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Stewart Robert Hinsley