Japanese Maple - ID required?

Hi there,

We have a large tree in our garden and I'm keen to find out exactly what variety of maple it is ... three pics are contained below:







All help appreciated

Thanks, Nick

 

well I'm stumped...although thats not really hard

 

It is almost impossible to identify any particular Japanese maple because of the sheer number of varieties, and the fact that many are not even cultivars, and may have developed as seedlings, which never come true to form of the parent (because of cross pollination)
The tree here is from a group with 'palmate' leaves ... here with 7 lobes
Assuming that the tree photograph has been taken in May and in the UK simply narrows it down to being a green leaved variety. That disposes of a few thousand red leafed varieties and nothing else
I would guess that this tree would turn a brilliant scarlet in autumn? If it does, then Acer palmatum 'Osakasuki' would be a good guess (but only a guess)
If it turns golden/orange/yellow then further thought would have to be given ....
Have you a photograph of the tree in all of its autumn splendour?
You can see a small version of 'Osakasuki' on my own website for comparison purposes of the leaf shape at least

 

Whi4ey, couldn`t it just be A. palmatum?

 

Yes David ...that is what seedlings are called when they don't merit a 'name' of their own

 

But, surely, the first green Acer that Palmer " discovered " wasn`t a named variety? So that makes it a true variety on it`s own?

 

Acer Palmatum is the species
Acer palmatum, Acer japonicum and Acer shirasawanum are generally those accepted as being the 'Japanese maples' (mostly the first two)The cultivars and species of these two species have been bred selected and propogated for over 300 years by the Japanese
Who on earth is Palmer? :D

 

Hmmm, I don't think I have any Autumn pics, shame on me. The leaves go a very dark orange colour and it looks amaxing. Although, I'm not they are quite scarlet/ red.

There are a large number of white and brown spots all over the tree trunk and branches at the moment. I wonder what it could be ??