![]() Some with red leaves, some with green leaves, what most would consider “generic Japanese maples”. Truth be told, if you grow Japanese maples from seed, you are probably going to end up with some rather generic seedlings. Growing Japanese maples from seed is exciting. If you care to read that story you can do so here. Not a Japanese maple, but a truly amazing plant that was a “chance seedling”, discovered by a very astute gardener and developed and brought to market by a very talented nurseryman. Honestly, when an awesome chance seedling is discovered, it is nothing short of a miracle and all of us who love and appreciate plantsare better because of it.Ī perfect example of that is the Lavender Twist Weeping Redbud tree. when chance seedlings do appear, a very astute gardener needs to be nearby to actually take notice and realize that something really special has happened. ![]() This beautiful tree, the Lavender Twist Weeping Redbud tree is the direct result of a chance seedling being discovered by a very astute gardener.Īnd. Asexual reproduction is how nurserymen or nursery women create hundreds and hundreds of identical plants so homeowners across the land can enjoy them. Without “asexual reproduction” most of the beautiful and amazing plants that we have come to love would never be known to us because there would only one of them. Asexual reproduction produces an exact clone of the parent plant. When a plant is grown from a cutting, a graft or a bud that is considered asexual reproduction because it that is not the way that nature intended for plants to be reproduced. Growing a plant from seed is considered sexual reproduction. It has to be budded or grafted to a seedling. A Japanese maple like this cannot be grown from seed. The leaves are much smaller than a regular, or generic Japanese maple and they have very interesting jagged edges. ![]() Dissectum meaning split-leaf or cut leaf. The Japanese maple in the above photos is Waterfall, which is in the dissectum family of Japanese maples. Most of the rare, or interesting varieties of Japanese maples are actually grafted on to a Japanese maple seedling, which of course is grown from seed. It’s important to understand that not all, in fact, many Japanese maples are not grown from seed. Japanese maples grown from seed are not an exact clone of the parent plant. Crimson Queen Laceleaf Japanese Red Maple.
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