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Alnus rubra
On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 16:35:55 +0000
Sacha wrote: On 12/3/06 15:50, in article , "Emery Davis" wrote: On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 14:45:03 +0000 Sacha wrote: snip [] Have you got an Acer called 'Autumn Glory'? I've just read about it on the PMA site (which is Junkers Nursery and is reconstructing its web site which might be why it didn't load properly) and it says it was derived from those at The Garden House, Buckland Monachorum. The description of its autumn coloration is absolutely mouth watering! I don't. What species is it? I find two 'Autumn Glory' in the literature, but one (palmatum) is from the Kalmthout Arboretum in Belgium (and sounds less than spectacular), and the other (rubrum) was selected from a tree in Ohio. The Junkers site is not working for me at the mo. Here's the info from the web site. It suddenly loaded beautifully so perhaps whatever 'it' was has been fixed in the last hour or so! "ACER palmatum 'Autumn Glory'Â* Derived from the handsome specimens at The Garden House, Buckland Monochorum. Broad headed. Bronze tinted young growth becomes green in the summer. The name gives away their raison d'être though - all manner of colours can be seen, although my favourite stage has the leaves yellow with a bright red edge. 3m It just came up for me, too. Very interesting! But a bit cavalier with names sometimes. I see that they will have my 'Millicent' this fall, which is amazing -- I have yet to get one from Mallet Court, where Harris selected and named it! So, I will certainly order one from them if he can't come up with one for me this spring. There are some other interesting cultivars that are still rare, like Autumn Showers. Not sure what to think about the naming of 'Autumn Glory', it doesn't seem to correspond to the description in either de Jong or Vertrees. The latter says: "This cultivar name was applied to a few selected seedlings which were notable for their beautiful fall coloration patterns -- mostly crimson. These maples were selected and introduced by R. de Belder of the Arboretum Kalmthout, Belgium, about 1958 and commercially distributed out of the Netherlands. The fall coloring has proven inconsistent in different places, raising the question whether this form deserves cultivar status. The leaves are broad with 5 or 7 lobes divided up to halfway to the leaf base. These upright small trees of 4 - 6 m for a broad canopy." Perhaps they took grafting material from a mature grafted specimen. All very confusing, as usual. Anyway thanks for the great source. -E -- Emery Davis You can reply to ecom by removing the well known companies |
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Alnus rubra
On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 06:00:24 +0000
Sacha wrote: [snip] You're most welcome. I'm quite tempted to get one of the Acer 'Autumn Glory' and see how it does turn out. I'll let you know if I succumb. ;-) Hi Sacha, Just gathering wool at Esveld, came across this pictorial of Autumn Glory that might be of interest. http://www.esveld.nl/htmldiaen/a/acpagl.htm As usual, Esveld is a goldmine! cheers, -E -- Emery Davis You can reply to ecom by removing the well known companies |
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