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It's hard to tell - so many of them look alike. It's quite a beautiful and sizeable tree. Was it already planted when you moved in? If so, lucky you. :-)
Thank you. The tree was planted about ten years ago by the former owner of our home. We have been watching it double in size over the last five years. It has beautiful color and stays full of leaves all summer and fall. I am simply curious which cultivar it is.
Perhaps someone else will get in here to help you. It is really hard to tell. I'm pretty sure that it's not a Bloodgood, a Sherwood Flame or a Suminagashi. Those are the three upright red trees that I know. Wish that I could be more help.
Thanks Doss. I received an e-mail from another forum member who lives nearby and he thinks that it is a Bloodgood. Would a Bloodgood have multiple trunks like mine?
It may be one of the common forms of bloodgood (there are probably about 8 that differ slightly from the original). We must keep in mind that this picture appears to be in the early stage of leafing out, and the typical color and leaf shape would only just now be showing. The structure does remind me of a bloodgood "type".
