It seems arakawa is a Japanese maple variety that flowers very reliable for me. I think all my mature ones flower each year.I got them too - this is my first year with Arakawa, is that uncommon? Really pretty.
Japanese maples seem to be very fertile. Most flowers on my bonsai end up as seed so every chance yours will too. I have not grown Arakawa seed but seem to remember others having most seed retain the rough bark character. It may depend on what other JM are around to add other genes into the mix.With any luck, these flowers will go to seed. It would be interesting to see if any of the offspring result in arakawa/rough barked trees.
I once contacted a commercial grower who was selling rough bark maple seeds from his arakawa stock. He indicated to expect 30% to grow with rough bark.Japanese maples seem to be very fertile. Most flowers on my bonsai end up as seed so every chance yours will too. I have not grown Arakawa seed but seem to remember others having most seed retain the rough bark character. It may depend on what other JM are around to add other genes into the mix.
I was currently looking for Arakawa(garden stock) plants in garden centers or online nurseries. I realized they are really rare(practically unavailable)in Slovakia and Czechia. Is it same in your area? You are close to Nederlands so it makes them more accessible, right?I once contacted a commercial grower who was selling rough bark maple seeds from his arakawa stock. He indicated to expect 30% to grow with rough bark.
I now have seedlings from someone who has 60 varieties of japanese maple. One is a laceleaf with a first barker crack on the stem after 3 years. I am hoping I have my hands on a soon-to-be-named cultivar "Acer Palmatum 'Laced Leatherbark'
The seeds were in France..I was currently looking for Arakawa(garden stock) plants in garden centers or online nurseries. I realized they are really rare(practically unavailable)in Slovakia and Czechia. Is it same in your area? You are close to Nederlands so it makes them more accessible, right?