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Trees in pots... (from Acer I.D.)
« on: September 28, 2009, 01:59:38 PM »
Yes I know there are 1000s of acers but you never know someone might have these two.

I need a small acer for summer/autumn interest to plant in some troughs that have bulbs.
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Re: Trees in pots... (from Acer I.D.)
« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2009, 02:07:25 PM »
Hi Mark, Lovely images. Which Celmisia is shown in Acer 2-1 please?
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Re: Trees in pots... (from Acer I.D.)
« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2009, 02:11:53 PM »
Cliff thanks. Would you like a bit of the Celmisia? I can ask for you.
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« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2009, 03:05:57 PM »
My apologies Mark - I misread your post and assumed that these were your troughs!  I would appreciate an identification if that would prove possible please?
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Re: Trees in pots... (from Acer I.D.)
« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2009, 03:36:45 PM »
Of course. I'll make a phone call tonight

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Re: Trees in pots... (from Acer I.D.)
« Reply #5 on: September 28, 2009, 07:27:02 PM »
Mark,

I'm not sure, but Acer 2 is possible 'Red Pygmy'.
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Re: Trees in pots... (from Acer I.D.)
« Reply #6 on: September 28, 2009, 11:03:03 PM »
Possibly Celmisia incana? But it hybridises readily.

Mark, are you really wanting an Acer that will stay small enough for a trough? Would have to be a really BIG trough.
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Re: Trees in pots... (from Acer I.D.)
« Reply #7 on: September 28, 2009, 11:13:29 PM »
Looks, if anything, to be a little TOO silvery (and too lax) for the Celmisia incana we are used to over here, Lesley? 
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Re: Trees in pots... (from Acer I.D.)
« Reply #8 on: September 28, 2009, 11:36:19 PM »
Incana is the whitest of all, I'm pretty sure. David Lyttle or Dave Toole would know, if they're looking here. It is a procumbent species with short upright stems making a wide mat.
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Re: Trees in pots... (from Acer I.D.)
« Reply #9 on: September 28, 2009, 11:44:56 PM »
C. incana is correct

Lesley yes I was hoping to torture some Acers
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Re: Trees in pots... (from Acer I.D.)
« Reply #10 on: September 29, 2009, 05:31:08 AM »
Many thanks Lesley and Mark for the identification and the confirmation ... it looks a potential show plant if grown hard. It certainly appears whiter than the clone that is currently being exhibited at the northern shows.
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Re: Trees in pots... (from Acer I.D.)
« Reply #11 on: September 29, 2009, 07:58:48 AM »
Quote from: ranunculus on September 29, 2009, 05:31:08 AM
whiter than the clone that is currently being exhibited at the northern shows.


Then probably not as white as this pic Cliff.

Cheers dave.
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Re: Trees in pots... (from Acer I.D.)
« Reply #12 on: September 29, 2009, 08:18:01 AM »
What a stunning bit of Scree Garden, Dave!
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Re: Trees in pots... (from Acer I.D.)
« Reply #13 on: September 29, 2009, 08:47:50 AM »
Thanks Fermi

Unfortunately not of my hand ---(the big fella upstairs can take all the credit) ;D

Cheers Dave.
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Re: Trees in pots... (from Acer I.D.)
« Reply #14 on: September 29, 2009, 09:03:16 AM »
Quote from: t00lie on September 29, 2009, 08:47:50 AM
Thanks Fermi

Unfortunately not of my hand ---(the big fella upstairs can take all the credit) ;D

Cheers Dave.


Not Gordon Brown then, Dave?  Fabulous form - is it in cultivation?
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