Hi,

In the country that I live (Turkey), it is very difficult to find these trees and the few available ones were unfortunately quite expensive.

However, because I truly love these trees, I ordered 2 of them during the winter. They both came 6-7 feet tall, about 1/2 inch diamater and no branches at all. (They pruned it so that, it only gains height I guess?)

With the spring, they started growing nicely, and not only they actually grew higher, they also grew many side branches with many leaves (the leaves came green though, I kind of expected a red color in spring as well. :( )

Anyway, as the leaves got bigger, I figured that they didn't look like regular acer rubrum leaves that I saw on the internet, so I got a bit suspicous although I trust the guy that I purchased the trees from. I made some research and learned that red maple may have 5 lobes like mine (I expected 3) and some of the features do resemble an acer rubrum (like reddish stem colour between the leaves and the bark), but I can't understand which cultivar these trees are.

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Any ideas? Should I expect a nice fall color or prepare myself for disappointment? :(