Susanne Maple

[trbrnd]

I'm looking for a source for this shrub: Acer Shirasawanum Susanne (Susanne Maple). We'd like to plant it as a tribute to a lost family member. Have found it only in the Netherlands so far. Anyone have any other ideas?

[Newt]

Hi Trbrnd,

You don't say where you live.

Newt

[trbrnd]

Sorry - I'm in Kansas, zone 6, but would be willing to order from just about anywhere.

Tammy

[Newt]

Hi Tammy,

I wasn't sure if you were in the US or not.* I too have searched extensively and have been unable to find any in the US.* I searched at some reputable retailers as well as Google.* I do hang around at several boards and I will suggest you might want to ask here.* This site is located in British Columbia, so it would be most important to put in your location when you register and mention that you are looking for a US source.* I'm also going to include a conversation that might be insightful, with both the cached version so you can see the highlights, and the straight web version.* If you read all the posts you will see that 'Mr. Shep' is quite knowledgeable and grows his own trees.* 'SilverVista' also talks about propagating but she hasn't posted in almost 2 years.* Once you register you might want to send her a private message if you don't get any response to your post.* You might title it something like:
Searching for Acer Shirasawanum 'Susanne' in the US.

Here's the cached post in their Maples forum.
http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache...lnk&cd=6&gl=us

Here's the straight post in their Maples forum.
http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/fo...ead.php?t=7025

Here's their main page.* If you scroll down to the Maples forum you will see 'Links to Maple Resources'.
http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/fo...ffb27b3a8f929&

If you are going to mail order you can check references here.* You can also search by plant material and it might be worth searching for Japanese maples.
http://davesgarden.com/gwd/

If none of this works out for you, lmk as I may have some other resources for searching.* There are some specialty nurseries in the Pennsylvania area that i'm aware of but they either don't have a website or they didn't have your tree when I searched.* I have an old friend that I haven't written to in a couple of years that I could try to find and see if he knows where to get your tree.

Good luck,
Newt