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I have several trident maples leafing out right now. Most are leafing out green, but some are leafing out red. I'm letting them all bud out in full sun. Anyone ever see this happen with your trident?
Yep. Not unusual.I have several trident maples leafing out right now. Most are leafing out green, but some are leafing out red. I'm letting them all bud out in full sun. Anyone ever see this happen with your trident?
Mine are doing the same thing right now.I have several trident maples leafing out right now. Most are leafing out green, but some are leafing out red. I'm letting them all bud out in full sun. Anyone ever see this happen with your trident?
Maybe you have not come across this but that does not mean it does not exist. I agree that the colour in the 'red' type is not permanent. It exists only in the first week or so after the leaf opens and then becomes green but there are some individual tridents where the new leaf opens absolutely green, right from the bud. This is the type I refer to as 'green' variety. In summer there is almost no difference between the 2 types. Maybe variety is the wrong term? Might be better to describe them as 'differently coloured individuals while leaves open'?There is no such thing as a red leaf variety and a green leaf variety.
I like the way you make my argument in your own post. Classic! You call it whatever you wish but the fact remains there are not red leafed tridents....period.It exists only in the first week or so after the leaf opens and then becomes green but there are some individual tridents where the new leaf opens absolutely green, right from the bud. This is the type I refer to as 'green' variety. In summer there is almost no difference between the 2 types. Maybe variety is the wrong term? Might be better to describe them as 'differently colored individuals while leaves open'?
There is no such thing as a red leaf variety and a green leaf variety. The red comes from the fact that the leaf is not yet producing chlorophyll. The red is the dominate color in any leaf on most deciduous trees. In the fall the red comes back when the days get shorter and the leaf no longer needs to produce the chlorophyll. This spring has been rather cool and long and the leaves coming out redder and staying red longer is just a byproduct of the cooler weather. Trust me they all turn green soon.
It's just variability with in the material.
Here is one of my tridents that is about fourty years old. It was used by Ian Price as a mother tree for taking cuttings. I purchased it from him and completely cut the tree up to a bare trunk and built new branches. I have one on this tree that is grafted. The entire tree is red and the grafted one comes out green. It will be all green and virtually impossible to know which branch is grafted in a week.
When I got it.
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When I cut it up.
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What it looks like today budding.
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The grafted branch
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Now there are two more grafted branches on this tree that did not come out green.
Here is a shot from last year and the tree is green but the grafted branch is red. You never know what they are going to do. That's part of the fun....enjoy it!!
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