Unknown Acer palmatum dissectum Planted - June 2023
Last week, I posted some photos and details of how we added another Japanese Maple - Acer palmatum dissectum Waterfall - to our backyard . That was the third (current) JM and the second small one we planted this season. Earlier this Spring, I bought and planted a 2# Emperor 1 JM from the orange big box nursery and put it in a spot that we can enjoy from the patio. I've had luck with a different Emperor 1 JM, so I wanted to go with something that I knew worked in our yard. On one of my visits to Home Depot, I wandered around the parking lot nursery (as one does during June) and noticed that mixed in with the small Emperor 1 Japanese Maples in 2# containers was something different. There were small trees in there that, while they were red-leafed, were certainly NOT Emperor 1's. They were lace-leafed dissectums - at first sight. Here, below, is what the foliage looked like on these small trees: Well...that's interesting, right? I picked up the container to look at the