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Dax

What a treat. Thanks!

The weeping larch in the third shot is Japanese and not European. It is probably the common clone, normally sold under the wrong species name.

Nice ...
dwarf conifers garden
Jan Slama wbgarden

Here is a link that might be useful: wbgarden

Awesome!
Inspiring!
Educational!
( and more....)

Jan

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i was in a hurry.. and couldnt find the esk picture.. could you link us directly to that one??

thx

ken

Thanks all! It really was a treat to visit and to get so much backstory on the plantings. Ken I did not include a photo of 'Esk Sunset' because we didn't get a good one. One of the things that happens (to us at least!) when we visit a garden like this is that we become overstimulated and can't quite take it all in. We had been to Iseli in the morning and then spent three hours at Buchholz and we were completely spent after that so crawled back to the Oregon Garden Resort and collapsed (in the bar, admittedly!) So it was only later on that we realized that all we had of that glorious 'Esk Sunset' were snippets and no photo that showed the whole tree. A reason to go back...
Sara

Sara,

What great photos you always take. I love all the forms, shapes and structure you've captured in these gardens. Thank you for sharing.

I took this picture at Talon's nursery August 2011. The picture isn't the best, but you get an idea how large the tree is. It was a very sunny day and picture quality suffered.

Acer pseudoplatanus 'Esk Sunset'
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thx abc..

thx FF

ken

Yes that is it in all of its glory! It is an astounding tree.
Sara

ya know.. my inclination on trees.. is to prune them up 6 feet or so ..

but on variegated trees.. its really hard..

really now.. whats the point.. if you cant see and touch a leaf.. eh?? .. especially if its maroon on the back ...

ken

Have seen none that big up here - of that clone. It is not the first variegated purple sycamore maple, but it may be more highly colored than usual. It is certainly the only one in local outlets at this time.

Buchholz was supplying 'Prinz Handjery' (incorrectly as 'Brilliantissimum') to retailers here for a time, but these two are a different type, with conspicuous shrimp pink new growth slowly becoming mottled yellow and green - in the manner of Pieris 'Forest Flame'. ('Prinz Handjery' is more vigorous, with purple undersides; the true 'Brilliantissimum' is quite slow, and not purple beneath - I know of very few in this area). Stunning in spring, the rest of the season they look like they have mites or a virus.

Ron it is a stunning specimen and classic 'Esk Sunset' coloration. After 'Esk Sunset' my favorite pseudoplatanus is 'Nizettii'. 'Prinz Handjery' (I have the 'Dawes' variation) has the most beautiful flowers and seed pods of any of them but is then not as interesting when in leaf. I can't wait till all of mine attain some size but I may not live long enough to see them get as big as Talon's!

Very enjoyable! Thanks for the link.

Thanks, sluice!

Ron I just saw a 'Brilliantissimum' leafing out - first one I'd ever seen. It was up in Mendocino - I didn't think to ask where they got the tree. The new foliage was stunning, as shrimpy pink as you note. It was nicely placed in a very shady garden (under huge redwoods) so that the new foliage was easy to see but the tree would fade to the background once it leafed out and the maples in front did the same.

Sara, With your writing skills and photos...It was the next best thing to being there! Thanks
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Due to Buchholz supplying garden centers with 'Prinz Handjery' for a time, in place of 'Brilliantissimum' any comparatively recently established specimens encountered as 'Brilliantissimum' should be checked for purple leaf undersides before being taken as true 'Brilliantissimum'. I have seen very few 'Brilliantissimum' in this region.

The 'Brilliantissimum' that I saw in Mendocino looked nothing like the various 'Prinz Handjery' that I have seen...

Keep doing what you're doing. I won't be getting out there anytime soon so its nice to see quality photots showing off the specimens.

Will thank you very much. It is such a treat to visit these places - a bit discouraging, too, as the conifers grow like weeds in Oregon and then I get back here and it's tougher going for them. It was also wonderful to see the stands of native conifers everywhere.

Sara

The main differences between the two are 'Prinz Handjery' being more vigorous and having purple leaf undersides. Otherwise they are effectively the same, both in spring (before the purple becomes apparent) and summer. So if the 'Prinz Handjery' and the 'Brilliantissimum' you have seen "look nothing" like each other then either there is a naming discrepancy involved or you were overstating the situation.

I meant the difference between the salmon with midori overtones on the 'Brilliantissimum' and the chartreuse with shrimp/bittersweet overtones on the 'PH'. I wouldn't call the underside purple - it's more of a claret, a Chateaux Margaux 2000 or 2001 (I'm not particular about the vintage).

I'll cop to overstating if you'll cop to belaboring!