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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.

Thanks
Alan

"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?

--
Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK

"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
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"Alan" wrote ...
http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/...5092010039.jpg

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?

--
Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK

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

On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 14:10:59 +0100, "Alan" wrote:

http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/...5092010039.jpg

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.

Thanks
Alan



Just an uninformed guess by an inexpert lurker :^)

Could it be a 'sport'?

GA

"Alan" wrote in message
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http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/...5092010039.jpg

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.

Could at least one of those branches have sprouted below the graft?

Steve

"Alan" wrote in message
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http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/...5092010039.jpg

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.

Thanks
Alan


Can you find an answer he-

http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/fo...read.php?t=857

Bill

"Bill Grey" wrote in message
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Can you find an answer he-

http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/fo...read.php?t=857

Bill

Thanks for that link, (and the other suggestions) all interesting stuff, but
none of it seems to exactly fit.
I think I need to accept it as an attractive idosyncratic version.

Alan