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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: johnw on June 10, 2020, 06:04:25 PM

Title: Acer sp.?
Post by: johnw on June 10, 2020, 06:04:25 PM

We found this self-sowing round a late friend's garden.  I can't recall him ever pointing it out. 

We dug up 3-4 seedlings (or were they suckers?).

Here's a photo of one of them.

johnw

Title: Re: Acer sp.?
Post by: GordonT on June 11, 2020, 12:37:02 PM

John, it looks a bit like Acer miyabei to me.

Title: Re: Acer sp.?
Post by: johnw on June 12, 2020, 01:53:20 AM

Identified today by Jack Alexander, former head propagator at the Arnold Arboretum, as Acer pictum var. mono.  He said break off a leaf and if its sap is milky white that's mono and so it was. Good thing as I always wanted it.  I dug three seedling and a friend three so two people happy.

johnw