![]() ![]() The Acer macrophyllum species was first scientifically described by Archibald Menzies of the Vancouver expedition. Anyway the tree is certainly older than anyone in town, and it exists grandly no matter its name. or why a huge tree bears his name, and I didn't want to trouble Flo with more questions. Just outside of town is the Holznagel tree, nicely fenced off. Sometimes they stand alone in a pasture, other times they hover over a two-story house. There are a number of impressive macs in the area of soggy Jewell, which is about 20 miles from the ocean and receives double the rain as my nursery. Variegated macrophyllums have been known for a long time, and De Beaulieu in An Illustrated Guide to Maples lists 'Variegatium' from 1893 in Germany, and says, “Old specimens of this cultivar progressively lose their coloring.” I wonder that if I had not blogged about 'Santiam Snow', would ol' Kemper have ever noticed his variegated tree? It was named for the nick-name of his wife Marieke. At this point in April the light yellow color has not developed into white. I blogged about 'Santiam Snow' last summer, and the next day friend and blog reader Dave Kemper was driving home – on a road he has taken thousands of times – when he spotted a variegated branch on a “Big Leaf maple.” He brought in a gnarly portion and we were successful with a few scions. I bought a few but I have yet to trial them out in the full sun. The former was found near the Santiam pass east of Salem, Oregon, and was discovered, named and introduced by Heritage Nursery of Oregon. We have two variegated (green/white) forms of macrophyllum: 'Santiam Snow' and 'Mieke'. That is an unusual color too, but it has absolutely nothing to do with burning or death. ![]() She suggested Mocha Rose as the rose foliage in spring turns to a light brown. 'Mocha Rose' is such an unusual color I guess – would salmon-pinkbe close? My grandfather Gerald's wife, Harriette, was visiting a few years ago, and I pointed out that the selection had no official cultivar name. Maybe its wrong for me to stereotype truck drivers, but they seldom show any interest in our tree collection and what we stuff into their 53' trailers. I've even witnessed truck drivers, on more than one occasion, get out of their smelly cabs to inspect 'Mocha Rose' for it is planted near the loading dock. No credit should be given to me because it was impossible to miss the strongly pink foliage in a batch of green seedlings that were being grown for rootstock. macrophyllum 'Mocha Rose', a chance seedling that I discovered about 13 years ago. I was also prompted by the flowering – for the first time – of the original A. In any case it got me thinking about the three species of Acer native to Oregon: circinatum, macrophyllum and glabrum. ![]()
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