Maybe. I have Edge and Chrome here on my laptop and it's working on both of them. I just tried it again. Maybe it's personal. :) No, really, I don't know what to suggest, whether so few people can see it that I should remove it or not. I'm on Win 10, but this isn't a new up-to-date page, so no reason the newer browsers should be what makes this work. Or maybe that is. I even get the current temperature in Council Bluffs, IA (that's on the home page, not the Trees page to which our link goes).
I have added to Maple Resources a link to Plantaholic Sheila’s albums | Flickr, photos posted by Silver surfer. On flickr, I was seeing all these photos being uploaded, with leaves in different seasons and flowers and samaras, it seemed like it would be a very good resource here.
An excellent illustrated reference in French by a non-professional passionate: érables accueil Very accurate info on classification, synonyms, description, habitat, etc.
Two books were mentioned in this posting: Identification: - maple ID I'll add them soon to the Resource list.
Here are some that are not in our resource list, but should be! @wcutler :) They are from the Arboretum Wespelaar site, Arboretum Wespelaar, which is a really fabulous site with information on many genera. The director of Wespelaar is Maple Society stalwart and all around nice guy Koen Camelbeke. The de Langhe Acer key has been updated in collaboration with Maple Society Committee Member Dan Crowley of Westonbirt Arboretum: http://www.arboretumwespelaar.be/userfiles/file/pdf/Key_acer_JDL.pdf (This new key supersedes the version at Henrietta's Herbal, which should probably be removed from the resource list). A very good list of Acer species with photographs is available here: http://www.arboretumwespelaar.be/EN/Identification_keys_and_illustrations/List_of_illustrated_taxa/ and then click on Acer. You will note that many genera are so illustrated, although some are less complete. Further there is a searchable database of images linked to the identification keys here: Identificatiesleutels. For example, all the Acer can be listed by entering Acer in the "Scientific Name" box, or species can be searched for individually. -E
Sorry to take so long with this - I didn't realize that it would be so easy, as it's really all one site and you've written the whole blurb! I have updated it now. I removed the Henriette's Herbal listing as you suggested, @emery, but am just listing it here with @Gomero's comment. I see that it is a more recent version of the Jan De Langhe key that is on the Wespelaar site. Henriette's Herbal: Acer key and image collection Acer key and image collection by Jan De Langhe, hosted on the website of Henriette Kress. Viewable as html or pdf. Gomero wrote in a review of this resource: These keys were field tested by the Maple Society Members during the last Maple Society Symposium. They were excellent; we obtained 100% ID success rate for all the maples we tested. Link location The genus Acer L. (Sapindaceae). | Henriette's Herbal Homepage Submitted by maf Submitted date 19 Aug 2011; last confirmed 8 Nov 2015
Yes, the key on Henriette's is a version from 2011, the update on the Wespelaar site is from 2017. Otherwise it's the same key, there are probably only a few minor differences surrounding Asian maples. If you wanted to put Gomero's quote with the new version, it would still be accurate and I'm sure he won't mind. You could change "These keys" to "The previous version of these keys" to be totally accurate! :) -E
Barthelemys Maples in the U.K. 2018 catalogue http://www.barthelemymaples.co.uk/index-3_2_393502391.pdf
I have added this to the Resource. I also added two books that @JT1 mentioned at Identification: - maple ID, which pushed the page over the maximum size, so I split off books from online resources. Another few additions to online resources will necessitate splitting that page to something like A-M and N-Z.
I have found a thread with some book suggestions: Maples Reference Books, will review them and add them to the Resource files. I have a question. @Daniel Mosquin recommended both these two in the same posting: Vertrees, J. D. (1978). Japanese maples : momiji and kaede. Forest Grove, OR., Timber Press. Vertrees, J. D. (1987). Japanese maples : momiji and kaede. Portland, Or., Timber Press.and then @Bill recommended Vertrees, J. D. (2001). Japanese maples Portland, Or., Timber Press. 3rd Edition Is there a reason why these are all separate recommendations? I should include all three of them on the Maple Resources - Written page? Would anyone answering "yes" to this question please offer some blurb to distinguish them. The resource page has this one: Japanese Maples: The Complete Guide to Selection and Cultivation By Vertrees, J.D. and Gregory, Peter; published by Timber Press, Portland, OR, 2010Does this "Complete Guide" do it for the other three, or should all four be listed? Oh, and then the next poster has recommended Japanese Maples , Gregory and Vertrees ISBN: 978 0 88192 501 2; ok, that's the first one Daniel listed; I need to check the author name(s).
Do we want to have a link to videos of gardens featuring maples? One was suggested here: I think this is the link, right @Acerholic? I remember some folks here in Maples have posted videos of their gardens. If we decide yes, you (if you have posted some) could help me find yours. I guess it could be a separate resource file - Maples Garden Videos. Or would it be a subforum under Maples / Maple Photo Gallery / Videos ~ OR directly under Maples ~ Maples / Maple Video Gallery ? Or if a Resource, would you also want instructional videos in the same resource? A separate resource file? I don't think we have those in any resource file. Or would we want them included in existing Online Resources? Not at all?? If the answer is yes to anything, I would appreciate having (=the person suggesting it writing for me) a blurb for each video that says what is notable about it, similar to Acerholic's recommendation.
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There are a lot of great (instructional and otherwise) videos available, and also a lot with questionable and/or regional advice. Certainly if John recommends a video it would be worth sharing, but I don't know how to triage videos generally and I think there would be some risk of quickly saturating, for example if we searched back through the archives of postings for something like grafting videos. Would you only put up instructional/educational videos, or also "here's a look at my garden" videos, which many enjoy (and which can, of course, also be instructional). Some videos, like the Iseli fly by or some of Amazing Maples, are promotional but also educational. In any case I would think that there would have to be a separate section, Maple Resources: Videos.
I certainly would not be searching for any to list, nor asking anyone else to do that. I was just thinking of ones that were recommended here, gathered in one place so that people could find them again. I was thinking of both kinds, so maybe two sections in a Maple Resources: Videos file. Or, the instructional ones could just be a section under Maple Resources - Online (if there are no longer any space restrictions - I think @Daniel Mosquin fixed that, can't remember) and the "here's a look at my garden" videos could be a separate resource file?
Acerholic updated Maples: Nurseries Specializing in Maples Outside of North America with a new update entry: Lotta plants Read the rest of this update entry...
Thank you. It would be good with the difficulty of importing now for anyone with knowledge of U.K growers of the more unusual cultivars and U.K grafters to share their knowledge. There are many small nurseries growers that don’t have websites or their websites are not optimised and easily found, it would be good for all of us to share.
Absolutely J, perhaps a new thread on the maples forum to all UK members asking for any nurseries to be added, with information about the location, phone number, email, experiences etc, then I will, update the resources page.
And perhaps we share if a run of the mill nursery has something unusual, start a thread on this? For instance, Garstons near Titchfield close to me had Purple Ghost. they don’t do mail order, but if anyone’s local they may want to call in. All the other cultivars were the standard Dutch imported run of the mill. I would drive an hour to someone where that had a few that I was after. I’ve taken 3 hour journeys before to a specialist where I can get a batch that I’m after.
