Acouple of pics taken between Ocober 31st and today:
Acer palmatum 'Beni Hagoromo'.
I'd really like to make a bonsai from a cutting or air-layer from this one, the leaves are so unusual, and the colours beautiful:
The same, April, May, June:
Acer palmatum 'Arakawa':
Acer discolor.
The leaves are a bit coarser and slightly bigger than Acer buergerianum, but the colours are exceptional. I'm going to repot one and plant the other one in the ground to fatten it up and take some air-layers. In the spring because like A. buerger. it is not as hardy as A. palmatum.
(For those who are interested, I can PM you the web address of the conservatory I got it from, they ship all over Europe).
Acer palmatum 'Little Princess' (aka as 'Mapi-no-Machi Hime'.
Although the photo was taken with a flashlight these are more or less the true colours, shades of light green, gold and orange, with red veins.
Pity it's such a lousy bonsai so far...