Welcome to the Japanese Maples forum!

By popular request.

dave

Thanks!!!
I hope we can all learn from one another.
ho'ard

Great idea! Thanks to those who pushed for it.

Looking forward to hearing from those who plant Japanese Maples in zone 5 or colder. Please, some pics also.

does anyone know where i might see a picture of a -Acer Palmatum " Koto Ito Komachi" ??
i live a couple blocks from the beach south of San Diego and i wonder if a JM would do well
here? I only have a small space for a tree would anyone have any suggestions for a small
JM tree or shrub??
Thank you

Thanks Dave!

Smallplants has a photo of 'Koto ito Komachi' http://www.smallplants.com/catalog_a-b.htm and if you Google for the variety name, then choose "Images" you'll see several others, too.

Pssst....aggiesmom, now that things are back to "normal" (giggle) at your house, are you gonna post a picture of your JM baby? It's very pretty!!!

thanks Terry i'll go gooogle it.

will try to get a pic of my "baby" this evening & try my hand at posting it

debcooper53. I have a Crimson Queen I planted about 20 years ago. (I'm in Zone 5 in Southern Ohio). We sometimes get winters down to 0 and really severe nights once in awhile to -2 or -3 or colder. Mine is about 4 1/2' to 5' (I measured in several places) and 8' across by 12' the other directions. It's in full sun until about 6:00 in the evening. The ice storm two years ago took out a beautiful limb and made off balance, but an advantitious limb is growing that direction trying to fill in the open space now. It's still a gorgeous tree.

I don't know how to post a picture on the computer yet. Can't find any teenagers around here to teach me.

Okay, I now know when to trim my Dwarf Japanese Maple (September for 7a), but I still do not know how to approach the trimming. Suggestions, please.

Here's a thread on it:
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/529405/
I particularly like the info in the linkin the very first post.
h'