I am curous mblan13 as to how many years was your FM in the ground when it fianlly went to plant heaven? I ask as for the first few years I always worried about my maple pictured above but given that it has been in its current location for 8 years I figure it has seen most of the winter weather extremes and so I can "relax" ;).

This is vitifolium correct? I think i am obsessed with this tree now. So gorgeous.

This is vitifolium correct?

As I stated in the first post it is a Golden Full Moon Maple ie Acer shirasawanum 'Aureum'

That's a gorgeous tree, rouge!

A golden full moon was one of my very first containered JM's, planted maybe 25 years ago now and was doing just fine all those years.......until this winter when a dead tree in the neighboring greenbelt came crashing down in my garden and decapitated it!! While it is not my favorite in my collection, it was definitely valued. It just glowed in my mostly shady garden!

Have no idea what the remaining 4' stub will look like once it leafs out but I doubt it will be good :-( I may have to think about replacing............

Acer shirasawanum 'Autumn Moon' is still looking good, tho! Not quite the same, but close.

Acer japonicum 'Aconitifolium' also gets stunning fall color.

Right, i am going to get one of these. Down in aus everything is always senkaki, atropupureum, and jm standard seedlings. So hard to find these japonicum and shirasawanums.