Japanese Maples: Fall JP's, 1 by doss

doss wrote:
I can see why you thought that and you may be right. From what I can see, the A. japonicum grows quite large winged seed pods and this doesn't.

You will love Koto no Ito. I have a photo of mine on the plantfiles. It is incredibly lovely and it's something that stops people in their tracks.
http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/72951/

I bought a Sherwood Flame and a Suminagashi this summer and I'm growing them as street trees. In California they will get to 25 feet high. All the cultivars grow bigger here because of the nice weather. There's a seedling maple at my nursery that is at least 35 feet high. I hope that the ones I have won't get that big. I think that my very favorite is a seedling though. It's about 25 years old. It doesn't have spectacular fall colors though but the pale green in the spring is wonderful against the dark redwood trees behind it.