We bought it locally after originally seeing a fairly mature one at Kent Gardens & Nursery Center in Kent, CT. We've had ours for just one year and it's grown very slightly. Still, "small" for a tree can get pretty big. Yes, it does take years for it to reach its full height. I love our Acer griseum, Cinnamon Bark Maple- it's one of our favorite trees because of the bright exfoliating bark and narrow growth habit. One more thing, our house is an old colonial, so nothing too modern looking. The other possibility is a japanese maple, but for some reason, I'm not thrilled (we two trees only on our lot right now, and both are JM's.one is huge and old, and the other is a tiny cut leaf, so I think I'd like something different). I talked to three senior tree people at Weston and they agreed that it would fit in the space, while talking me out of a more expensive trees. I am strongly leaning towards a paperbark maple, but online it says it gets to be 20 by 20, which clearly is a problem. Everyone has different opinions, and at least one person has said that wolf's eye dog wood, stewartia, or fringe tree will get too big. The courthard is 14x 30, but hardscarped in the middle, so the tree is going into a bed that is 10 by 7, so ultimately, the trunk will end up being 5 feet from the house. I'm trying to find a tree with multi-season interest to put in our courtyard. I posted a similar question on the tree forum, but the tree folk here tell me tree size is very regional.
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