Autumn is here for sure!

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  1. lcc

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    butterfly showing pink orange color
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    AlainK Renowned Contributor Forums Moderator Maple Society 10 Years

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    Misty morning, then very sunny until 5PM.
    This morning's pics. Butterfly and Acer elegantulum were kept in the shade, elegantulum's colours are disappointing, and Butterfly is still green and white :

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    Yes, mist is the order of the day. When I went to the US conference last week, it was so foggy I got lost dropping Samantha dog off. Get back, pretty much the same. We did have a little sun today, and it's meant to get nearly to frost tomorrow morning.

    It was great to see US friends like @LoverOfMaples , and @NJACER, plus many more. Fun crowd. The colors were good in Penn, though a little past, as they've had a drought of biblical proportions: 41 days. Here though, it just rains and rains, with the predictable results. Anyway here are a few since I got back:

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    Reliable!

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    This is how to keep maples safe in your luggage. We each have the right to bring in a few for personal use, so nothing illegal here. Oddly the rules vary throughout the EU, though.

    My prize here is A. buergerianum 'Hano chiru sato', I look forward to evaluating whether it is really a synonym of Wako nishiki. Others of particular interest, AJ 'Joe' and A. capillipes 'Gotembe nishiki'

    Meanwhile, the garden continues to do it's thing, for whatever that's worth this year! A. komarovii is very beautiful, and the "Mountain Maples" are always quite reliable.
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    Hey E. Good to see you made it back safely. Man, it was great hanging with you. I see the plants made it back safe as well, lol.

    Everyone was looking for you and your tree identification expertise the last few days. I had to step into your place, jk, if only. But it was really great seeing/talking with you. I hope we will get to meet many more times my friend.
     
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    It has been a very slow fall in terms of colour changes, but here are a few finally..

    Pixie, seiryu, and Iijama sunago
     

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    and a couple more before the winter winds b low the leaves away
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    A few pics taken this morning :

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    In the foregroung, a bit blurred, O-sakazuki, and below a "pre-bonsai" I bought years ago. The central lobe seems more pointed, longer than the plain Acer palmatum, but I have no idea what it could be called. Anyway, nice colours and rather short internodes :

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    Woww so much colour Alain..I have leaves only on Asahi Zuru
     
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    Amazing display on shishigashira
     
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    D, we have to make it happen more often. You know you're welcome on this side, anytime. (Don't know if I can match the alcohol by quantity, mind. LOL) Hard to believe this was the first time we actually met and hung out! I thought the whole trip was a blast, but frenetic, so great to kick back with you and Ed at then end. A really nice group tho.

    -E
     
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    Agree on both your posts, R. That shishi is such a classic orange.

    Mostly blown away here too, It really hasn't been a year for colors, but left with a few taken yesterday:

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    Normally spectacular Linearilobum is still pretty

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    A. pubinerve, much redder in real life.

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    A. sinense, beat up but still with that fabulous red/orange/yellow. I love the huge leaves on this variety, too. This is what the Westonbirt seed all grows into, if it makes it that far. Very tetchy young plants, though.
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    A. tutcheri is glad to be out of the wind.

    Finally just a few shots from the trip to the TMSNA conference:
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    The incredible Acer yui

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    Oh yes it is: 'Komachi hime'. The soil is rich, 4 ft deep, with sand underneath, so perfect drainage.

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    Impossible to capture the Shinn Arboretum in a few shots. It's an awesome place, but also very calm and relaxing. Our visit was past peak color, but I didn't care. The last time I was there was leafless winter, when I enjoyed it almost as much
    P.S. the pic I forgot to inline is a pretty little Mikawa.
     

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    Autumn is here for sure... And yet, it's still hard to clearly identify some trees from seeds.

    I have three that looked like Acer buergerianum in the first 2 years, now in their 3rd or 4th year, they look more like Acer tataricum of some kind. I went back to the park where I gathered the seeds from small trees displaying dark red colours in autumn, but they had been removed. And mine don't show reds...

    Anyway, contrary to people who are a bit different and looked upon, it's always a discovery to find a seedling that has this little something that makes it loveable... And if it is not, it's all the same ;°)

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    Acer palmatum in the ground (in the back, 'Momoiro koya san'), a potted 'Koto hime', then red leaves of 'Tsuma gaki', and cascading orange and red of 'Emerald Lace'.

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    Shade and semi-shade :

    Acer serrulatum :
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    Acer "not" discolor :
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    After the snow, not much left here but a lot of broken trees. I hate when that happens, but it does every now and again. My last pictures to this thread.

    @AlainK I don't think that's an unusual form for buergerianum, certain variations do it. I have a couple like that. I think youts is also "not serrulatum", but perhaps time will tell. Looks like oliverianum to me, again the deeply lobed form is not unusual.
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    Happily the large limb that fell from A. catalpifolium onto the schneiderianum didn't damage it! Others were not so lucky, here are a few. The ginalla 'Flame' at the end is mostly gone. Plenty of others, like a big Cornus florida 'White Cloud' lost 4 big branches covered with next years flower buds, but I didn't have the heart to take a picture.

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    And so it goes... -E
     
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    Finally seeing red after 3 seasons of no fall colors. Fire Dragon Shantung in zone 10.

    Bloodgood keeps shedding leaves in hot summer unfortunately.
     

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