Birds ate our Japanese Maple???
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Comments (3)Maybe Shin Deshojo? I have one from World Plants, and mine turns green in the summer. Here's a link to a description & photos: http://www.pacificcoastmaples.com/japanese-maples/shin-deshojo-japanese-maple-trees.html...See Morechoosing a Japanese maple
Comments (5)I have both Garnet and Crimson Queen in my yard and would recommend CQ for several reasons. It holds its red color much better and longer than Garnet. It will not grow as tall or wide as Garnet. Both varieties will take a fair amount of sun, which will also help them keep their red coloration better. I've had my Crimson Queen for about 15 years and have moved it several times. The spot where it has grown the past 10 years used to get quite a bit of hot afternoon sun and it did fine, although it looks even better now that the spot gets a little more shade as the trees in my yard get larger. After 15 years (and tree was several years old when I got it), my CQ is about 4-5' tall and 5-6' wide. Its leaves are deep reddish purple and turn crimson in the fall. I've had my Garnet about 2 years and it was fairly large (3' tall and wide) when I got it. It has beautiful reddish orange leaves in spring but quickly starts greening up and loses much of its red coloration by June. Mine is growing in a fairly shady location, and it would hold its color much longer in a sunny spot but I still don't think it would last as long as CQ. Garnet is very fast growing for a dissectum JM, which can be good and bad. It's good if you are looking for quick impact and have lots of room for a tree to grow, but it's bad if your space is limited. Garnet also has crimson leaves in fall. If you can find a Red Dragon, that is my personal favorite red dissectum. It has the brightest red leaves of any variety I have seen and keeps its color well in shade or sun. It is slow growing, however, and relatively unproven compared to Crimson Queen, which is one of the old standby varieties. If you can find a nice Red Dragon go for it, but don't feel bad if you have to "settle" for Crimson Queen, which is still a topnotch variety. Regarding Japanese beetles, we have a lot of them in my yard but they never bother my Japanese maples. That doesn't mean they won't in your yard, but they find other things they prefer in my yard -- such as crepe myrtles, various vines and flowers. They love roses....See Moreappraising a mature Japanese Maple is $700 fair?
Comments (5)If you can, call around to some nurseries that specialize in larger, specimen sized trees (they might be wholesalers) and ask for replacement costs of trees that fit the description of yours. IMO, $700 is significantly under value for this tree. While not exactly the same situation, my nursery offered a mature Crimson Queen laceleaf Japanese maple for sale for several thousand dollars -- mature Japanese maples are not inexpensive trees....See MoreJapanese maple for full sun
Comments (20)Through my own experimenting, these are the ones that seem to work in full sun here in Colorado: -Garnet -Crimson Queen -Orangeola -Seiryu I have each of these in full sun and the seem to love it. The problem here is winter winds, so I'll be wrapping them up. If you don't have it, a great book called Niwaki by Hobson gives some tips for this. Anyhow, as you know it is much drier here than eastern Texas but probably somewhat similar to western Texas. I would usually think of Texas as much hotter than Fort Collins, but we just ended a streak of 24 straight days over 90 (F). The trees needed extra water but seem fine... Tom...See Moredee_can1
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