The Field Maple Acer campestre cultivar 'Carnival' arose from a chance seedling discovered in the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 in 1989.

Description

The tree is noted for its foliage colour, bright pink on emergence, maturing to cream with a green centre. The tree rarely grows to a height of > 3 m, with a crown spread of the same dimension. http://www.mailordertrees.co.uk/Acer_'Carnival'_(Variegated_Field_Maple_Tree).htm

Cultivation

As with the species, 'Carnival' thrives best in a semi shade position, on a fertile, well-drained soil.

Europe

• Royal Horticultural Society
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   Gardens, Wisley
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  , Surrey
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  , UK. Accession details not known.

Europe

• Barcham Trees http://old.barcham.co.uk/ie6, Ely
  Ely, Cambridgeshire
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  , Cambridgeshire
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  , UK.