Another identification thread please help

Tbrshou

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So I got this maple along with a couple other maples that were being propergated at a nursery nearby a few years ago im pretty sure they were cuttings. They rooted themselves into the ground inside my hoop house and grew pretty thick with occasionally cutting them for fun. I walked into my green house tonight and im greeted with beautiful red bushes. The only thing I've done on this 1 was guy wire down a branch last year that will eventually get cut back. Anyway I was wondering if anyone knew the cultivar of this maple. Attached are pictures.
 

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Without the provenance, there's no way of knowing the cultivar. I will say that it "looks like" a bloodgood, particularly because it is turning a brilliant red right now. I have two bloodgoods and live in a similar USDA zone, and both trees look just like this one. It is one of the most popular landscape cultivars, and is pretty broadly available in nurseries.
 

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So I got this maple along with a couple other maples that were being propergated at a nursery nearby a few years ago im pretty sure they were cuttings. They rooted themselves into the ground inside my hoop house and grew pretty thick with occasionally cutting them for fun. I walked into my green house tonight and im greeted with beautiful red bushes. The only thing I've done on this 1 was guy wire down a branch last year that will eventually get cut back. Anyway I was wondering if anyone knew the cultivar of this maple. Attached are pictures.
Very pretty!
 

Mikecheck123

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It might not be a cultivar. Even stock Japanese maples can turn that color at this time of year.
 

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It might not be a cultivar. Even stock Japanese maples can turn that color at this time of year.

True. And I think 'Bloodgood' leaves would look a bit bigger, and not as serrated. Anyway, it's almost impossible to name a cultivar that hasn't been propagated (graft, air-layering or cutting) and named from an identified specimen. I recently read, I think it was on the International Dendrology Society website) that there are more than 1,000 cultivars. Some are very similar to others.
 

Tbrshou

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True. And I think 'Bloodgood' leaves would look a bit bigger, and not as serrated. Anyway, it's almost impossible to name a cultivar that hasn't been propagated (graft, air-layering or cutting) and named from an identified specimen. I recently read, I think it was on the International Dendrology Society website) that there are more than 1,000 cultivars. Some are very similar to others.
I was just wondering i think it ended up being a tree i will really enjoy and I just didn't wanna keep referring to it as the redish pinkish japanese maple. I'll just name it Mystique and address it by its name. Thanks everyone
 
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