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Japanese Maple or?

comments (3) July 14th, 2011 in gallery

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I bought this plant at a garage sale mainly for the pot it was in thinking the plant was dead. I snapped back a stem and found some green, so I let it go. After some watering through the winter the branches swelled. I thought it wasn't going to make it because as of early April it still had not started to leaf out and the rest of the garden was in full swing here in So. Calif. When it did leaf out the foliage was bright orange and red, beautiful. It turned to green later as you see in the picture. It has stayed the shape of a small bush and the stems have a red tint to them. I was thinking Japanese Maple but it is unlike any of the others I have. I'm just not sure. Thanks for your help!

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katie74 writes: Amur maple Posted: 6:54 am on May 13th
dsphoto writes: Thanks for the comment GardenGal, It has shown no sign of flowering and I am familiar with Abutilon or Chinese Lantern, I have 3 of them. The stems are quite woody at the base more herbaceous at the tips. Posted: 12:00 am on July 23rd
gardengal4 writes: There are so many types of Japanese maples, it is possible it is one. are the stems woody or herbaceous? It also reminds me of abutilon - flowering maple, but I'm not sure if they have the classic JM orangey/red new growth. Posted: 9:56 pm on July 19th
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