A green japanese maple naturally hybridized to the side of my red japanese maple (WA). I love it but for asthetic reasons and the health of the red, I've been wanting to remove it. My husband absolutely loves it and feels it was meant to be as nature wills it. It's at the start of my driveway, making it the first thing you see. And our indecision has lead to its over growth. Would you keep it? Cut it? Or should attempts be made to crazy shape it.
by Darklyray
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That’s the rootstock; the red weeping maple was grafted onto a ‘plain’ Japanese maple as it is way quicker and more reliable than propagating by taking cuttings (also, in this case they can also dictate the height). If you do nothing they’ll coexists for a long time but eventually the green win out and the red weeping part will slowly wither and die off. Ideally you’ll want to remove the green portion, and to reduce the shock to the tree you’d be wise to remove it in stages over 2 or 3 years rather than all at once