This is the application form that I had to fill out. Very simple. Plus had to send pictures of the plant Dave APPLICATION TO REGISTER A MAPLE CULTIVAR NAME (See guidance notes overleaf) Species PALMATUM Cultivar name to be registered VERKADEÂS JACUS POTUS Person or Organisation originating name ÂDAVID VERKADE OF DAVEÂS NURSERY Person or organisation registering name ÂDAVID VERKADE  Have any other names been used for this cultivar, such as a nursery code name, registered trade mark, etc ? Yes/No NO If so, what is/are the names ? ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ.. Details of Origin Chance seedling, witches broom, mutant or deliberate cross ÂSEEDLING  Seed /sport parent, if known  Pollen parent, if known  Person/organisation who selected this cultivar, if different from above ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ.. No. of years under observation ÂÂ4ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ.. Description of Cultivar General Description ÂÂTHE MAPLE IS NAME FOR MY DAUGHTER JACQUELINE VERKADE ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ. ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ. THE NEW FLUSH OF SPRING GROWTH IS A VERY THIN RIBBON LEAF OF DEEP BURGUNDY COLOUR APPROXIMATELY ¾" LONG AND AS IT MATURES INTO AN ODD SHAPE TURNS TO A SALMON COLOUR THEN TURNS TO GREEN. THE SHAPE OF THE LEAF WHEN MATURE RESEMBLES ACER PALMATUM HAGOROMO. THE PETIOLE REMAINS PINKISH IN COLOUR. THE PETIOLE IS ALMOST NON-EXISTENCE. THE SECOND FLUSH OF GROWTH IS NOT LIKE THE FIRST, IT COMES OUT IN SALMON COLOUR AND NOT THE THIN RIBBON LEAF OF THE FIRST FLUSH OF GROWTH THEN TURNS TO GREEN. THE NODES ARE VERY CLOSE TOGETHER AND THE BRANCHES ARE THIN AND DELICATE LOOKING. THE PLANT GROWS IN BUSH FORM. ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂOutstanding Features ÂODD LEAF AND THE SALMON COLOURS ON THE SECOND FLUSH OF GROWTHÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ... ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ. Similar established cultivar(s), if knownÂHagoromo, Kosh mino, Momenshide  Suitable garden/landscape uses (e.g. small or large garden, landscape, patio, container, bonsai) ?  SMALL OR LARGE GARDEN AND LANDSCAPE  Cultural needs (e.g. full sun, shade, wind protection) ? ÂÂFILTERED SUNLIGHT  Â Propagation method (s) ÂÂGRAFTING  Publication Has the name and description of this cultivar been published yet ? Yes/No. NO Relevant first publication e.g. catalogue, magazine, book, and date ...

Kumakitty, seeds are easier to get a lot of Japanese Maples, but none can have a commercial name because a seed is not true to it's parent. Japanese Maples pop up all over my garden also. I rescue them and grow them on. Sometimes I grow them in flats from maples I particularly like. All done outside in a protected area. I don't have all the stratification issues and bother of growing them indoors. A lot can go wrong inside. I'm not home all the time, etc. Grafting takes time, materials, preparation and knowledge. Plus you have to grow the understock. That's why grafted plants are more expensive than plants grown from seed. If I remember right, from my working with a Japanese landscape crew years ago, kuma is bear in Japanese. Mike

3 Toona sinensis seedlings - free to a good home. Best for zone 7 or higher. Parent tree survived for 15+ years north of Detroit with little to no dieback (I had been hopeful that the tree would prove to be zone 5b hardy), but after the winter of 2013-14 it suffered significant dieback. Regrowth was strong in the summer of 2014, but the property owner decided to remove the tree later that year. These were grown from seed started in the spring of 2013. Pots are too big to ship, so if you're from zone 7 and plan to travel to MI this summer and would like to pick them up, send me a message offline.

Camp, I see no problem with anything you're doing. So long as a grower is not purposely malforming their young stock to make it look a certain way, no issues. And of course we're going to see variation across species. Trees start out their lives with something called apical dominance. This consists of a chemical control of side buds-by chemicals produced in that apical bud at the tip of the plant. In effect, that growing tip hinders the expression of all others, for a time. In pine-family members and really, most conifers, this apical control is retained very long into the tree's life, hence the strongly excurrent growth form of most conifers. And you can see the opposite-the loss of this apical control-in very old pines, with their now-rounded tops. But they don't develop that until very far into maturity. Other tree groups more or less do the same. If it were not for this apical control, the title of this forum would be Groundcovers, lol!