AusBonsai

I believe it's know as a 'corky bark' maple. Does anyone know where these can be bought in and around Melbourne?

Not that it is of any help to you in Melbourne, I noticed one in a friend's garden just near home yesterday.

I am going to take cuttings, and also try and convince her to let me air layer.

I'll let you know if I get any results...in a year or so???

The ones I have seen don't have very corky bark at all. There is a beautiful standard one in the Royal Botanic Garden in Sydney. It is located on the Spring Walk if anybody is interested.

Joel

Joel wrote:The ones I have seen don't have very corky bark at all. There is a beautiful standard one in the Royal Botanic Garden in Sydney. It is located on the Spring Walk if anybody is interested.

Joel

Doubt we can airlayer that one
Ken

Try Yamina Nursery in Monbulk, They specalise in rare Maples.
Oscar 1

I have been trying to find this and also Nishiki Gawa (pine bark maple) viewtopic.php?f=129&t=9816 I live in Adelaide and recently met someone from Melbourne who has one of these, but it is not much help to me. Gotta love rare Acer varieties
Good luck, let me know how you go

ACER PALMATUM ROUGHBARK in maple section @ http://www.yaminarareplants.com.au/contents/maples.htm hope that helps

Joel wrote:The ones I have seen don't have very corky bark at all. There is a beautiful standard one in the Royal Botanic Garden in Sydney. It is located on the Spring Walk if anybody is interested.

Joel

Ooops. Sorry. I was thinking Wisteria 'Arakawa' - Corky Bark Wisteria. Not Acer palmatum. Please disregard my earlier comment.

This is an old thread!

I found this variety at Yamina rare plants years ago. It was grafted, as expected, but for the life of me I could not strike it! Air layers wouldn't take either. It's currently growing in the ground until I can find a way. Any tips?

Graft it yourself (low down)?

teejay, i have a maple nursery in monbulk if you can get me some grafting material i will graft it for free if i can keep a plant, also i can do it very low so it will look reasonable for bonsai. let me know? steve

Thanks Steve, that sounds like a deal to me! My only issue at this time is getting a spare moment to do this as my wife gave birth to our second child just yesterday!But if you let me know when would be best and exactly what you require, I'll do my best to organise something.

Cheers,
Todd

that sound liek a good deal all around
Good onya Todd and Steve

Post some pics of the grafting process so we can all benefit too please

Ken

congrats todd, the time frame is from december to feb, so plenty of time. and some pics will be no problem

Teejay, I have a grafted Arakawa in my garden and the plan is to airlayer everything off it over the next few years. If I am successful, I'll be sure to let you know.

Cheers,
Mojo