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Acer campestre 'Pulverulentum'
16th May 2006
A wonderful tree with white leaves speckled with green. I bought it 30 years ago from Hilliers, and it has got better and better every year. Unfortunately, about 10 years ago I neglected to remove a green reverted branch from it, which is now slowly taking over. Time for some serious pruning - I have been putting it off when I should have been cutting it off!
19th April 2007
The unfolding foliage has a wonderful quality.
12th September 2007
In the end, it was in the way of the new Hedychium House, and I had to cut it down to a stump. The stump is fine where it is, but the tree had developed a distinct lean, now corrected by radical surgery. I have also managed to remove the top 20 feet of green growth. Fortunately it has recovered as vigorously as expected, and a little gentle pruning should see it develop into an attractive tree again in time.
It grows at the top of a steep slope running down to the Hedychium house. I have grandiose plans to turn the slope into a moss garden, and eventually we will see if the plans actually come to anything!