Japanese Maples: Does anyone have the new Acer palmatum 'Shirazz'?, 1 by snapple45

snapple45 wrote:
Thought I'd bump this up. My full sun Shirazz is handling the heat, drought and low humidity quite well so far. Minor crisping. Of course, it gets all the water it needs on a regular basis. There has been a small flush of mid season growth. It isn't excessive and hopefully will harden off before winter. Leaf color has gone completely to a light green, mid green and white varigate that I find attractive. This poor tree has also withstood 20% bark loss at the base. Most of the bark that was reattached actually took, so the loss is now minimal.

(The mess in the backgroud is due to road construction. Sheer heck and devastation. A neighbor's mature 12" caliper Weeping Higan was wiped out by an excavator bucket which snapped off 50% of the branches. The branches were not in the public right-of-way.)