I have three currently
All three were generously given to me by a friend who has loaded trees, and didn't want to care for so many these days... I was the recipient of numerous trees from him, and I do not recall any gift much more generous than this in my life other than a few things my parents have given me in the past perhaps- regardless, I have three Red Maples now!
The first is a pretty small one. Shohin size I guess... It's leaves still seem to be getting quite large, but I haven't given it the year's first hair cut yet.
The second is Much larger- wider trunk/ base and probably 10 inches taller- this one is an old tree! So much character... I meant to take a shot with the leave soft this winter and didn't do it. One of the most interesting features a large hole in the top third f the trunk... I could fill it with something and get t to heal over I am sure, but I really like the way it looks! For now I a leaving it. The wood in there is a little soft, so I need to carve it up some and apply some wood hardener. Cool old tree! Hasn't grown as much as the smaller one be ause I repotted it this Spring before it leafed out and it wound up being about a month behind n bud break because of that.
The third Is a little seedling. He said it was collected years ago (5-10??) from the base of a larger tree and he has just kept it in a small container,pruned up so it never grew a whole lot. I basically just up potted him to a larger training pot so he could stretch his roots out a bit... Trying to decide what to do with it now.
I have seen a few of the Red Maples, but the large one I posted is honestly one of the coolest I have seen and to have it as part of my collection now is pretty amazing!