Hi I took a stem cutting from a red Japanese maple and put in water for a few weeks till I saw some root appearing then put it in a pot I was nor really expecting it to grow but watered it anyway. After a few weeks nothing appeared so I thought but when I looked closely something was growing from the stem so I left it but as it grew it was not red but green with a tint yet the leaves don't look like Japanese maple so what could it be? Sent a picture
The leaves as you say look very simular too dahlia leaf so maybe i should name it Japanese dahlia as it growing from a japanese maple stem
Hi pete never heard of goats willow so looked on the net and yes it looks like it but i am puzzled why its growing from the stem? if it was growing away or next to the stem most likely it would be it maybe i should wait till it grows bit more as its onlt a few inches high at mo thanks
Well, only you know if it is actually attached to the old stem or growing next to it. To me its not a maple of any kind, so I can only ask, are you sure the stem cutting you took was part of the maple, could it possibly have another plant growing through it. Final idea, an outside chance, you may have took a cutting from the rootstock, perhaps, but if that is the rootstock I wouldn't have a clue what your maple is growing on.
hi pete the maple bush I took 8 stem cuttings not root stock off was a Japanese maple it even had the leaves on i put them in water but only 1 stem really survived and when I put it in compost it had 2 maple half dead leaves on it. I re examined it the plant and it is attached so all I can think what might have happened that maybe there was a goatwillow seed or something like it in compost and somehow it attached itself to stem and maybe it took over how it did not sure??? Next time I buy a Japanese maple plant all ready growing in a pot thanks for giving me idea what it might be I let it grow a bit then later I remove it
Tesco's are presently selling small, very healthy Acers ...for about £7.00. if I remember correctly. Normally Acers are grown from seed. Special named cultivars are normally grafted on to plain Acer palmatum.