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A few years ago, my grandfather gave me a Japanese maple seedling that was an offspring of his 50+ year old tree. I baby this thing BIG TIME.
Since I he gave it to me, it has lived in a container. I have repotted it a couple of times to give it more room.
For the past year, it has lived against my house, where it gets good, strong sun until about 2 pm (going by summer sun rates). I do this to help shield it from brutal NC afternoon heat. July and August can be sweltering, and can do a even a strong plant in.
That leads to my question- can it handle all day, hot sun? I'd love to get it in the ground, and its large enough now (probably 3-4' tall), but worry that the hot sun will do it in... I dont have anywhere that has shade from the afternoon heat- if i put it in the ground, it will have all day sun.
If it cant stand the heat, I'll leave it in the pot- lord knows they are slow growing and could happily live in a container for the next 5 years (at least!) LOL, but I'd really rather have it in the front YARD, and not by my porch LOL
There are many, many different varieties of Japanese maples. Do you know what you have? Have a pic?
Also, the vast majority of Japanese Maples are grafted. So if you have an "offshoot" that came from below the graft, you don't necessarily have the same tree as the "parent" tree. Not sure how much grafting they were doing 50 years ago though.
Some of the most common red Japanese maples live here in SC in full sun, but they kinda look like crap when the heat comes. The ends of leaves turn brown, but the tree lives. They just don't necessarily thrive.
There are many, many different varieties of Japanese maples. Do you know what you have? Have a pic?
Also, the vast majority of Japanese Maples are grafted. So if you have an "offshoot" that came from below the graft, you don't necessarily have the same tree as the "parent" tree. Not sure how much grafting they were doing 50 years ago though.
Some of the most common red Japanese maples live here in SC in full sun, but they kinda look like crap when the heat comes. The ends of leaves turn brown, but the tree lives. They just don't necessarily thrive.
not a clue what kind... LOL. i tried to find a pic of his but no luck (even though im certain i have one SOMEWHERE. The pic I attached isnt the greatest (and ignore the Halloween deco's LOL) , but its the only one i have - id take one now, but it would be kind of barren looking LOL
the leaves come out red, then fade to a greenish color.
We can at least tell it's an upright, guessing Acer palmatum atropurpureum. That's a guess. How big is your grandfathers?
If that's what it is, it can handle a lot of sun, and actually will stay redder longer in full sun. But you might get some leaf burn along the edges in midsummer going forward if you put it in full sun. It doesn't bother most people though. What part of NC are you in?
Also, from your pic, you can go ahead and prune the little suckers (shoots) coming up from the bottom if the plant. That will send more energy to the rest of the tree. Or, if they pull out nicely, you can try and transplant those and give them away.
We can at least tell it's an upright, guessing Acer palmatum atropurpureum. That's a guess. How big is your grandfathers?
If that's what it is, it can handle a lot of sun, and actually will stay redder longer in full sun. But you might get some leaf burn along the edges in midsummer going forward if you put it in full sun. It doesn't bother most people though. What part of NC are you in?
Also, from your pic, you can go ahead and prune the little suckers (shoots) coming up from the bottom if the plant. That will send more energy to the rest of the tree. Or, if they pull out nicely, you can try and transplant those and give them away.
thanks, its actually a pic from 2 halloweens ago lol, the suckers were pruned off some time ago
your pic looks like paps tree - his is (total guesses here) probably 12-15 tall and probably the same if not slightly more 'wide' (tree canopy)
i noticed the leaf burn the first year i had it, which is why i moved it so it got a little more shade, was worried i was killing it off (trust me, im good with plants in general, but trees arent my thing LOL)
zone 7 - central NC, just north of raleigh
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