my acer palmatum atropurpurlum (I think thats how you spell it) is 43 years old and about 16 ft high and14 ft wide (rough estimate)
What age can these trees reach?

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On May 22, 11:55*pm, maggie jo
wrote:
my acer palmatum atropurpurlum (I think thats how you spell it) is 43
years old and about 16 ft high and14 ft wide (rough estimate)
What age can these trees reach?

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maggie jo

Mine is about 25 years old. About 20ft high.

Certainly 200 years. However in cultivation in UK, they are also well known for suddenly dropping dead for no apparent reason.

On 05/23/2012 12:55 AM, maggie jo wrote:
my acer palmatum atropurpurlum (I think thats how you spell it) is 43
years old and about 16 ft high and14 ft wide (rough estimate)
What age can these trees reach?


There are a few reputed to be over 1000 in Japan although I'd have to
fish through Maple Society newsletters to find the examples. Someone
mentioned one that had supposedly reached 500 recently.

Yours is unlikely to reach over 100 unless you live in a Shinto
monastery... I think our climate is too wet and not cold enough for
them to reach any really great age or size. Time will tell, they were
introduced only around 150 years ago.

The correct name for your tree is Acer palmatum var atropurureum, FYI.

HTH

Most people won't be able to see your profile. You are posting through gardenbanter to a newsgroup called uk.rec.gardening, whereas your profile is a purely gardenbanter thing.

On 05/23/2012 07:25 PM, echinosum wrote:
maggie jo;959501 Wrote:
my acer palmatum atropurpurlum (I think thats how you spell it) is 43
years old and about 16 ft high and14 ft wide (rough estimate)
What age can these trees reach?
Certainly 200 years. However in cultivation in UK, they are also well
known for suddenly dropping dead for no apparent reason.


Heh. Their most charming characteristic, certainly. Lest we should
feel especially persecuted (more than usual that is) they keel over
everywhere. It's usually precipitated by some stress, e.g. a dry period.

The grafts are the worst because in the business understock, grown from
seed of easily germinating but trouble prone cultivars like Sango kaku,
is notoriously poor quality. The OP may have a seed grown one which is
a little less sensitive (but not much, unfortunately).

On Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:40:16 UTC+1, Emery Davis wrote:
On 05/23/2012 12:55 AM, maggie jo wrote:
my acer palmatum atropurpurlum (I think thats how you spell it) is 43
years old and about 16 ft high and14 ft wide (rough estimate)
What age can these trees reach?


There are a few reputed to be over 1000 in Japan although I'd have to
fish through Maple Society newsletters to find the examples. Someone
mentioned one that had supposedly reached 500 recently.

Yours is unlikely to reach over 100 unless you live in a Shinto
monastery... I think our climate is too wet and not cold enough for
them to reach any really great age or size. Time will tell, they were
introduced only around 150 years ago.

The correct name for your tree is Acer palmatum var atropurureum, FYI.

HTH

There was/still is one in my old work garden that I reckon was best part of 100 years old. That one is the 'disectum' form and has made a rather elegant oversized bonsai shape not as big as the op's plant.

Rod