The History of Japanese Maple Cultivars

Instructor Norm Jacobs says that we are in a period of change in the world of Japanese maples, are in a period of “changing of the guard” in the world of Japanese maples with the future uncertain.  That said, many select introductions of the last 30 years (the period of my most intense activity) are still rare or just making their way into propagation in numbers adequate to lower prices and improve availability. New plants continue to enter our evaluation program each year.  This class will focus on JMs introduced during 1980-2018. Here are a few outstanding maple specialists instructor Norm Jacobs will discuss:

• Jack Muldoon, Trans-Pacific Nursery – Acer X circinatum Ki setsudore +
• Del Loucks, Del’s Japanese Maples- Emerald Lace, Beni hoshi +
• Talon Buchholz, Buchholz Nursery, active though nursery now owned/operated by Matt and Tim Nichols (Mr. Maple) – The Ghost series (Sister, Amber, First, etc), Fairy Hair, Geisha Gone Wild, Bloody Talons
• The Dutch: Firma Esveld (the van Gelderen family) – shirasawanum aureum, Ariadne +
• Masayoshi Yano – Kurenai jishi, and author of Book for Maples

You will be sent the Zoom link after you register for the class. Also, the class will be available to view for two weeks after.