(Acer Ginnala)
Ginnala Maple is a small deciduous tree or large shrub. It grows quickly, winter-hardy, photophilous, when planted in shaded places it loses its decorative effect, tolerates transplantation and city conditions well. Gives abundant growth. Prefers fertile soil. Photophilous. Frost-resistant. Handles shearing well. An excellent ornamental plant, suitable for group and single plantings, creating bright, hedges, landscaping the banks of reservoirs, edge plantings. Looks good in combination with a snowberry, dogwood, sucker, against the background conifers.
(Acer palmatum)
Fan maple is a shrub or small tree with very elegant carved leaves. Grows slowly. Demanding on soil fertility. Photophilous. It is exacting to moistening of the soil and air. In frosty winters, without shelter, it can freeze over. In terms of brightness and elegance of leaves in spring and autumn, it can successfully compete with the most exquisite flowers. It is used in group and single plantings in protected corners of squares and parks, near paths.
(Acer palmatum Atropurpureum)
Palm-shaped maple Atropurpureum is a bright large shrub or small tree. The leaves are initially bright red, later dark red. Slow growing. With age, it grows faster in width than in height. Demanding on soil fertility. Photophilous. It is exacting to moistening of the soil and air. In frosty winters, without shelter, it can freeze over. It is used in group and single plantings in protected corners of squares and parks, near paths.
(Acer palmatum Bloodgood)
Bloodgud palm-shaped maple is a shrub or small tree of very beautiful shape, up to 3-4 m high. It grows slowly. Requires fertile humus, sufficiently moist soils. Sun-loving, but tolerates partially shaded landing sites. Moisture demanding. Frost resistance is average. It is advisable to cover for the winter, especially young specimens. A very decorative variety for small gardens and container plantings.
(Acer palmatum Discectum)
Maple palmate Discectum - shrub with filigree, cut leaves. Grows slowly. Requires fertile humus, sufficiently moist soils. Sun-loving, but tolerates partially shaded landing sites. Moisture demanding. Frost resistance is average. It is advisable to cover for the winter. Looks great in group and single plantings.
(Acer rubrum)
Red maple is a large deciduous tree with a fast growth rate. It is undemanding to soils, does not tolerate stagnant waters. It has high frost resistance. It is decorative with a dense, strong crown, deep-grooved foliage, large acorns, and autumn leaf color. Excellent in alley plantings, as a tapeworm and in large decorative groups.
(Acer rubrum Red Sunset)
The Red Sunset Red Maple is a small, fast growing tree with a conical, regular crown that becomes more rounded and well branched with age. Prefers moist soils, but also grows in dry ones, does not tolerate compacted soils. Photophilous, frost-resistant. Suffering from heat. This plant is impossible not to notice in autumn, its foliage acquires a fiery color. It is used in single and avenue plantings.
(Acer pseudoplatanus Brilliantissimum)
Maple false plane tree Brilliantissimum is a medium-sized tree with a rounded conical crown. It has very decorative foliage: golden yellow on emergence, then light yellow with a pinkish tint, and finally dark green in late summer and autumn. Refers to rocks that improve the soil. Gives a lot of nectar, a good honey plant. Prefers fertile, moderately moist soil. Does not tolerate salinity. Sun-loving. Young shoots may freeze slightly, but recover quickly. A valuable variety for urban plantings and small gardens.
(Acer platanoides)
Norway maple is the most common species for landscape gardening in Russia. Large size, beautiful dense crown, slender trunk, very ornamental foliage - the most valuable qualities. It is quite demanding on soil fertility and moisture. Shade-tolerant. Does not tolerate stagnant moisture and salinity. Winter-hardy. It is used in single and alley plantings, large decorative groups. The colorful autumn attire of Norway maple stands out in contrast against the background of conifers.
(Acer platanoides Deborah)
Norway Maple Deborah is a medium-sized tree with a dense rounded crown and bright reddish-purple leaves in spring that change color to bronze-green in summer and become yellow-orange or bronze in autumn. Light-requiring, but grows well in partial shade. Drought tolerant. Does not tolerate stagnant water. Winter-hardy. In severe winters, young shoots can be damaged. Prefers fertile, well-drained soil. Good resistance to air pollution, so it grows well in urban environments. It is used for single and group plantings, creating alleys and tree and shrub groups.
(Acer platanoides Drummondii)
Norway maple Drummondi has surprisingly delicate leaves bordered with a white uneven stripe. Even in the shade, it illuminates and enlarges the space, making it airy and light. The growth rate is quite fast. Photophilous. Shade-tolerant, but in shady places it loses its decorative effect. Does not tolerate drought. It is winter-hardy, but in severe winters freezing of annual shoots is possible. It is used as an ordinary, in groups, alleys. It tolerates urban conditions well.
(Acer platanoides Crimson Sentry)
The Crimson Sentry Norway Maple is a columnar tree with bright purple leaves that can be a real eye-catcher in any garden. It is the most compact of all the red Norway maples. It is not picky about the soil, it can grow even on heavy clays, but it prefers fertile, loose, sufficiently moist. Light-requiring, but can grow in partial shade. Does not tolerate stagnant moisture and salinity. Frost-resistant. Ideal for creating bright and large spots in tree and shrub compositions.
(Acer platanoides Royal Red)
Norway maple Royal Red is a low deciduous tree with a pyramidal crown. The leaves are large and red. The variety is widely used in landscape compositions. Demanding on soil fertility. Does not tolerate salinity, suffers from soil compaction. Light-requiring, but tolerates partial shade. Demanding on soil moisture, does not tolerate drought, stagnant water. It has high frost resistance, but in severe winters freezing of annual shoots is possible. It is used in single and group plantings, large tree and shrub compositions.
(Acer platanoides Faassens Black)
Norway Maple Fassens Black is a large deciduous tree with a showy crown. Leaves are light red to purplish purple. At a young age, it grows rapidly, over time, growth slows down. Endures everything fertile soils, from slightly acidic to alkaline, suffers from too wet marshy peatlands. Light-requiring, in the shade the decorative effect of the leaves is lost. Does not tolerate moisture stagnation. It has high frost resistance. It is used in single and group plantings, large tree and shrub compositions.
(Acer campestre Nanum)
Maple field Nanum - slow-growing tree with a dense spherical crown. Most often grown in standard form. The leaves are deep green, turning yellow in autumn. Does not tolerate stagnant moisture and salinity. Frost-resistant. It is highly resistant to diseases and pests. It tolerates urban conditions well, even in dry hot summers it does not lose leaves. Recommended for urban landscaping, planting on streets, squares, in small gardens.
(Acer saccharinum)
Silver maple is a large tree with graceful carved leaves. Blooms before the leaves open. The growth rate is fast. Prefers fertile, well-drained soils. Shade-tolerant, but best developed in sunny places. Tolerates short-term soil drought and temporary flooding. It has high winter hardiness. Beautiful during the entire growing season in the form of a crown. It is especially beautiful during the autumn coloring of the leaves. Used in single and group plantings.
(Acer tataricum)
Tatar maple - a large shrub or small tree. Grows moderately fast. Tolerates soil salinity. Drought tolerant. Frost-resistant. Handles haircut well. Resistant to urban conditions Used in single and group plantings, hedges and as undergrowth.
(Acer freemanii Autumn Blaze)
Freeman Maple Autumn Blaze is a hybrid of red and silver maples with an oval crown in orange red and red tones. Doesn't bloom. The growth rate is fast. Prefers moist and fertile soils, but generally not picky. Can withstand temporary flooding and excessive moisture. Resistant to urban conditions. Shade-tolerant, frost-resistant. Resistant to diseases and pests. It is used in parks, squares, individual gardens as a fast-growing shady tree. It is very beautiful during leaf fall with its fiery leaves.
(Acer negundo Flamingo)
Ash-leaved maple Flamingo - a tree or shrub with a wide crown and brittle branches, grows rapidly. It tolerates shaping and shearing well. Flamingo - a low form with elegant leaves: green, with pinkish-white borders and stripes. Undemanding, prefers well-moistened and drained soils. Photophilous. It is not picky about moisture. Frost-resistant. It is used in single plantings, decorative groups, hedges.
Japanese red maple- This is a very beautiful, decorative spectacular tree.
All summer and autumn, these beautiful plants delight the eye with their extraordinary beauty, and in winter you can enjoy unusual structure their crowns.
It has many thin branches.
Description and varieties of red maple
Japanese red maples include: hand-shaped, fan and Japanese maple, and many more varieties that breeders bred based on the above.
From the name of the tree, you can understand that the birthplace of the Japanese maple is the Land of the Rising Sun. Among themselves, they differ in carved leaves, which have purple or bright orange colors and shades, and the crown is also a difference.
The size of the trees depends on their species, they are three meters wide and up to eight meters high. Palm maples can be taller, while fan maples are dwarf. The flowers of the red maple are small, they are red or yellow-green in color, the color depends on the variety. After flowering, the flowers turn into lionfish seeds, these seeds scatter for many kilometers and later new trees grow from them. These trees are very beautiful and will decorate any garden or park.
Tree types:
In addition to the above varieties, there are many hybrid forms that were bred in Japan. Here are some of them:
Japanese maple planting and care
Trees that grow in the wild prefer humus-rich soil that is slightly acidic. And they also like places where there is partial shade and stable humidity.
Soil for planting a tree
A tree of this species will not grow in soil where there is a lot of alkali, and also does not like places where water stagnates and there is no water permeability. But the scorching rays of the sun, and the drying of the soil, have a very bad effect on appearance leaves. Species that have two-color or bordered leaves suffer the most from the scorching sun. Such varieties should grow in partial shade.
The Japanese species develops very well in abundant, diffused light.
Trees will feel best in gardens and parks, where the bright sun appears in the morning and in the evening, and where it will not appear during the day. This tree is not at all afraid of drafts.
It is important not to forget that Japanese maples are heat-loving trees, they are very afraid of spring frosts, frosts damage their young leaves. For this reason, trees must be covered with garden fleece for the winter.
In areas where the climate is mild, maple branches need to be cleared of snow, as they can break under its weight. Fan maple suffers the most from snow.
During the period of drought, maples need to be watered often and a lot, it is necessary to spray the leaves in the morning and evening. If this is not done, then the tree under the scorching sun and from the lack of moisture will experience very great stress, this will be shown by its sheets, the tips, which will dry and then fall off.
If this happens, then the tree must be watered frequently, sprayed regularly and stop feeding. This will help him recover and regain his former appearance.
In spring and autumn, it is necessary to mulch the soil around the trunk, for this, humus from foliage, tree bark, garden compost and various chips. Mulching is very important for Japanese maple. It will protect the soil from drying out, and root system from freezing will also serve as fertilizer all year round.
Before mulching with compost or humus, approval granules must be introduced into the ground, and then sprinkled with colored chips on top of the soil. Spring feeding, which are slow acting and will nourish the maple all year round. But it is strictly forbidden to feed a tree with nitrogenous fertilizers.
If the soil in which maple grows is poor in minerals, then fertilizer should be applied twice a year, these should be minerals that act for a long time. In this case, you need to feed the tree in spring and summer.
Pruning is needed only for adults and old, very dense trees that have lost their decorative effect. Such trees need pruning to make them look lighter and more transparent, especially since pruning is also a prevention of fungal diseases. Pruning is carried out when the maple is in a dormant period - this is early spring or late autumn.
If behind the tree proper care, then it will delight you with its beauty for many years.
Japanese maple in general propagated by seeds. Seeds for propagation must be fresh, they must be collected immediately after ripening, most often this is done in October.
Seeds for propagation must be placed in a dry bag and put in a cool place. In the spring, the seeds must be planted in containers, before that they must be treated with an agent that stimulates growth.
For three summer months, seedlings grow a little, but it is already possible to separate weak seedlings and strong ones. Weak seedlings must be removed, and strong ones should be placed in a cool place, but with a positive temperature. In the spring, strong seedlings should be planted in pots, and when they reach thirty centimeters in height, they should be transplanted into open ground, where they will grow constantly. If you decide to plant maple in a tub, then do not forget that the soil in it must be rich in organic fertilizers.
You can also propagate Japanese maple - by grafting cuttings on a strong stock of the same type.
Japanese maple in the garden
In areas where a cold climate prevails, maples should be grown in tubs so that they can be moved to a cool, but not frosty place for the winter.
Growing a tree in a tub has another plus - it can be moved to the shade, the sun or any other place, and it also makes it possible to protect the maple from heavy rain or hail.
In Japan, these trees are set on a base, this is done so that their beauty is better visible, since the trees are stunted.
Japanese maple It goes very well with other ornamental plants, namely: shrubs, other trees, various flowers and ornamental grasses. Japanese maple will decorate any garden, pond, stone garden, park or just a place to relax.
Japanese maples will be very beautifully combined with such autumn colors - asters, oaks and chrysanthemums. It will be especially beautiful in autumn, as maple leaves change their color at this time and become the most decorative.
Maples with undersized trees will also look good. evergreen shrubs: decorative coniferous bushes, boxwood and juniper.
The dwarf maple belongs to the Japanese maple group, which includes compact and low trees with a see-through crown of leaves and their original color.
The following types of maples are called Japanese:
- Fan or hand-shaped;
- Shirasawa;
- And actually, Japanese.
All of them come from Japan and Korea. Thanks to nice shape leaves, original crown and bright colors, maples are very popular in landscape design.
All representatives of this group have curved trunks, graceful branches, and an asymmetric crown. The leaves can be colored in bright red, yellow-orange and carmine shades.
Palmate maples are most often used in garden compositions. They are planted next to coniferous trees, cereal crops, perennial garden plants.
Miniature maples of this species are small deciduous trees or shrubs with an umbrella-shaped crown of medium density. The height of the trees does not exceed three meters in height. They are slow growing and long lasting. Trees retain their viability for more than a hundred years.
Dwarf palm-shaped maples are highly decorative throughout the growing season. They are planted in the form of hedges, decorative groups, as single plantings.
Today, dwarf maples of the Japanese group are very popular, such as:
- Maple Acer palmatum Atropurpureum or red-leaved. This is one of the popular varieties. Its thin dissected leaves are dark purple;
- The Kiyohime maple is a small bush, about one meter eighty centimeters high, with green leaves, the edges of which are painted red. Feels great in partial shade. It belongs to frost-resistant species, safely tolerates a drop in temperature to minus thirty degrees;
- The Aka shigitatsu sawa variety is represented by trees no more than three meters high with dissected leaves on which green veins are clearly visible;
- The original Wilson's Pink Dwarf variety is represented by very beautiful specimens that cannot tolerate temperatures below minus fifteen degrees. Japanese maples of this variety are shrubs with a height of about two and a half meters and a crown width of up to one and a half meters. Maple stems are painted red, on which fan leaves are located. Which with the advent of autumn acquire orange hues.
Each of the representatives of dwarf maples will add zest to any garden or park area.
Dwarf maples grow well not only in lighted spaces, but also in partial shade. But, when choosing a landing site, one must take into account the fact that when insufficient lighting, color saturation is lost.
The next point is location. Maples need space to thrive. Therefore, when planting in groups, a distance of one and a half to three and a half meters must be observed, depending on the variety of the planted maple.
Now the landing pit. It should be deep enough, about seventy centimeters. To ensure good moisture conductivity, a drainage layer about ten centimeters thick is laid on the bottom of broken brick, pebbles and river sand.
The next step is soil preparation. Maples need light and nutritious soil. Therefore, you need to prepare a substrate of the following composition:
- humus or peat - three parts;
- sod land - two parts;
- river sand - one part.
After the preparatory work, you can proceed directly to planting maple seedlings.
And so, the prepared pit must be filled halfway with water and allowed to soak, then it is filled with the prepared substrate by two-thirds and 150 grams of nitroammophoska are added. A maple seedling is placed in a hole, the roots are carefully leveled, then the space is filled with a substrate so that the root neck is at ground level. After the soil is trampled down and watered, and the root circle is mulched with peat and sawdust.
There are varieties of Japanese maple, the height of which does not exceed one and a half meters, and such specimens are successfully grown in special flowerpots and pots. They are used to create interiors of large terraces, living rooms, small areas. For such plantings, voluminous ceramic or clay pots are chosen, which are filled with light nutrient soil with sand and a lot of humus.
In the garden, maples can be planted using seedlings, which are sold in specialized stores, or grown independently from cuttings or stock.
Caring for dwarf maples is not that difficult. It is important to strictly follow the landing rule:
- site illumination;
- the desired soil (nutritional value, water conductivity, acidity, etc.);
- remote location.
Maples need regular watering. AT summer period in the absence of rain, they need to be watered once every seven days. One plant needs about twenty liters of water. Under normal humidity, maple trees can be watered once a month.
Also, in a dry season, trees respond favorably to spraying their crowns with water. It is recommended to perform this procedure in the evening hours.
To maintain the decorativeness of Japanese maples, they need to be fed periodically. This is done in the spring, before the buds open. During this period, maples need to be fed with urea, potassium salts, superphosphate.
The land around the trees must be regularly cleared of weeds and loosened, thereby providing oxygen to their roots. You also need to periodically mulch the soil around the tree trunk. To do this, you can use peat or humus.
The crown of maples has its own natural original shape, so its pruning consists in removing dry and damaged branches, which is not particularly difficult even for novice gardeners.
To ensure the safety of trees in winter period they need to be covered, especially when it comes to young specimens and snowless winters.
Trees at the age of one or two years should be covered with spruce branches around the root collar and wrap the trunks with burlap. By overgrowth, maples form a resilience and over time will not need shelter.
The decorativeness of dwarf maples can be significantly spoiled by various diseases and garden pests.
Most often, maples affect:
- powdery mildew;
- coral spotting;
- black spotting.
Diseased shoots are removed, and the trees need to be processed blue vitriol, sulfuric solution or other fungicidal preparations.
With improper care, trees can be attacked by pests in the form of whiteflies, mealybug, leaf weevil. When they are detected, maples must be treated with insecticidal preparations.
Maple reproduction
Decorative dwarf maples at home can be propagated by seeds and cuttings.
Seeds are collected independently in the middle of autumn or purchased in a store. They are sown in planting boxes and germinated. At the beginning of winter, the first shoots appear. Seedlings should be watered periodically. Until spring, boxes with seedlings should be kept indoors at a temperature of about ten degrees. Then the seedlings are transplanted into individual pots. When they grow up and reach a thirty-forty centimeter size, they can be planted in open ground in a permanent place.
It is quite difficult to propagate Japanese maples using cuttings on their own. Since they need to be grafted onto maples with a more stable root system. For a gardener who does not have experience and certain knowledge in this area, it will be extremely difficult to carry out this process on his own.
Therefore, most often, gardeners prefer to purchase ready-made seedlings for planting in the garden.
Amateur gardeners and landscape designers are sensitive to rare ornamental plants. Japanese maple can become the pride of every garden. The natural range of its distribution is limited to the islands of Japan, South Korean coasts and the Russian island of Kunashir. It grows more often in mountainous areas.
Growing this tree culture requires certain knowledge and precautions. How to properly plant and care for a heat-loving plant.
In natural landscapes - deciduous tree or shrub up to 10 meters high. The bark and branches are reddish-gray and smooth.
Leaves like our maple - dissected up to half the diameter into several slices (from 7 to 11), large (coverage up to 15 centimeters). Depending on the variety, the dissection of the leaves may be different, sometimes they are strongly pinnate. Petioles, on which leaves grow, 3-5 cm long, can be pubescent.
Due to the magnificent coloring of the leaves, the maple of this species has become so popular, the crowns of the Japanese handsome hover like a red flame in the middle of the garden. Some of its species have purple-red foliage throughout the growing season, others change color from green to yellow and crimson.
Bright small flowers appear earlier than leaves in spring. Of these, wings are formed. These are seed-fruits up to 3 centimeters long, with the help of which plants of this genus reproduce.
Oriental maples are grown in open ground and in special tubs.
Species and interesting varieties
Japanese maple has several subspecies, and breeders have bred amazing varieties that no one can pass by indifferently. They differ in the form of a tree and leaves, exactingness to the conditions of detention. There can be both tall specimens and short ones.
It should be noted that culturally bred varieties are much more picturesque and are much more common than basic natural varieties. In addition to the main species described above, others are also grown.
Fan (flap-shaped)
The tree, original in shape, has a spreading crown with beautiful, carved leaves. The long-lobed leaves are lacy and remain golden yellow or red throughout the season. Having thrown off foliage, this plant remains a decoration of the garden, thanks to graceful branches. It blooms red in June, many varieties have been created on its basis.
Maple Shirasawa
A rare variety up to 15 meters high, there are shrubs of a stunted outline. The leaf plate is not strongly dissected, large. A prominent representative of this species is Aureum. This shrub grows up to 4 meters high, has a yellow-orange leaf with a border around the edge. Enough winter-hardy variety, but they like to cultivate it in tub conditions.
aconitolous
Gorgeous maple, almost completely dissected leaves in summer have green color. In autumn the tree turns crimson.
Orange dream
Yellowish-green leaves with a red border are painted in a red-orange tint. Orange Dream grows fast and is tall.
bloodgood
Highly ornamental shrub with openwork outlines of dark red leaves, almost inky hue. Even in the shade does not lose the dark color of the foliage.
mikawa yatsubusa
Height 1.5 meters, bush dense and squat. The leaves are needle-shaped, green in spring, scarlet in autumn.
Shaina
One and a half meters in 10 years - this tree grows to such a height. It is distinguished by a dense bushy crown, its leaves are deeply cut. When it turns blood red, it becomes especially attractive. Shaina is planted in containers, decorating terraces and verandas, halls of houses with them.
Kiyohime
The variety of red Japanese maple reaches 1.8 meters in adulthood. The green leaves are edged with red and cut. The saturation of the color retains in partial shade.
Beni Kawa
The leaves are light, the original red bark.
Dissectum Garnet
Thinly dissected coniferous leaves are green in spring, becoming reddish-purple or orange-yellowish by autumn. A very beautiful, attractive appearance gives the tree a huge crown coverage, almost twice its height. Such drooping varieties of shrubs should be placed near ponds or arbors.
Aka shigitatsu sawa
A tree 3 meters high or so. This plant has peculiar pink or red dissected leaves. Likes semi-shade.
Wilson's Pink Dwarf
The fan maple variety is not very winter hardy. The height of the shrub in adult form is 2.5 meters, the coverage is less than 1 meter. The leaves grow on red branches and are orange in color.
Shirazz
A spectacular look is given by deeply dissected green leaves with a border of pink or red. By the end of the season, it changes color to purple.
Where to buy seedlings, where and how to plant
Do not buy Japanese maple seeds online from unknown sellers. It is advisable to come to a nursery or shop that sells certified trees and buy a tree.
Buy a seedling better in spring or autumn; you need to make sure that the bush is not damaged. Should be planted immediately.
Japanese maple varieties love diffused shade and permeability of the soil. It is not necessary to choose too alkaline soils and cultivate the land with lime.
The soil should be sufficiently fertile or slightly sour, necessarily loose.
Landing
- A hole is dug twice as large as the root system of the plant;
- Pour drainage into the hole, then humus or compost with peat;
- Moisten and straighten the roots, put a tree, sprinkle with earth and water;
- To preserve moisture, mulch the near-stem space.
reproduction
It is produced by seeds, both in nature and in cultural conditions. Seed material must be fresh.
- Before planting, the seeds are stratified by placing them in sand (it should not be wet) and kept in a cold room all winter;
- In the spring they are planted in containers with special soil, they can be treated with growth stimulants;
- In autumn, the strongest shoots are left to winter in a cool place in the same container, where the temperature is always positive;
- Next spring, transplant the shoots into separate pots;
- Seedlings that have reached 30 centimeters are planted in a permanent place - in open ground, a tub or a pot.
Japanese red maples can be propagated vegetatively- grafting cuttings on a palm-shaped stock. This procedure often ends in failure.
Care
Domestic gardeners plant undersized varieties of Japanese maple. If it will grow in a container, then it must be fed regularly with mineral compounds. Suitable fertilizer for heather crops. It will also need more frequent watering.
The roots of the plant do not like stagnant water, they can rot. Therefore, watering should be plentiful, but timely.
On old and thickened trees, anti-aging pruning should be carried out. It is done in the fall, after the leaves have fallen. Sanitary removal of broken and diseased branches is carried out every year in the spring. It is also necessary for the prevention of fungus.
Preparing for winter
In summer, you need to start preparing the maple tree for winter. Finish feeding, watering and loosening. In late autumn, remove all leaves from the bush, and after the first freezing, spray the branches with a weak (3%) copper-containing solution.
In the northern regions of Russia, it is still safer to plant this crop in tubs, and bring it into a cool room for the winter. Wintering is also practiced right in pots laid on their side in the garden, in a shallow trench.
AT middle lane practice sheltering for the winter with garden non-woven material. Well, if the winter is snowy, then the maple can survive it stably.
spring care
With the advent of spring, it is necessary to awaken the tub plant so that it adapts faster and grows. To do this, after the frost has left, on warm days, the tree is shed with plenty of water.
Attention! Tender young leaves will inevitably burn in the sun in spring time. To prevent this, the potted plant is removed in partial shade or covered, just like an open ground plant, with a light covering material.
Japanese maple in landscape design
Low growth allows you to successfully grow a plant in tubs. The advantage of this method is that the container can be moved from one place to another, saving from the sun or removed for the winter, and also placed in different parts of the garden from time to time.
Pots are also placed on stands to make them more visible. Needless to say, a slow growing tree is used to create bonsai. They are formed by special trimming, using wire and other techniques.
The home location of the maple dwarf is favorable for indoor air. It moisturizes, gives oxygen and pleases with flowering.
Red maple is a great partner for other garden plants on garden plot. It does not have a very powerful root system, and does not oppress nearby cultures.
It is combined with shrubs, flowering and cereal crops. The exclusive appearance of the garden gives the neighborhood in the autumn, when the green leaves of other trees stand next to the purple and orange caps of the "Japanese".
Japanese-style stony gardens, rockeries, rock gardens, the roof of a building, a lawn - maple will be the central figure everywhere. These beauties can also be planted along walking paths.
The surroundings and banks of small artificial reservoirs can be decorated with a picturesque bush planted nearby.
Many types of maples look very decorative in the garden, especially in autumn, when their foliage turns bright red, yellow-orange, carmine tones. Perhaps, Japanese maples look the most impressive, they immediately attract the eye with their color and carved foliage and intricately curved crown shape.
Japanese maples is the common collective name for several types of maples native to the forests of Japan and Korea. They belong to: actually japanese maple, fan maple(palletoid) and shirasawa maple .
Acer japonicum Aconitifolium in autumn 
Japanese maple Aconitifolium summer color
Japanese maple (Acer japonicum) has insufficient frost resistance, and therefore it can only be grown in the south or as a tub plant. It is very beautiful, has deeply dissected graceful leaves and a complex color from green to cherry and burgundy.
Very beautiful and unusual looks in our gardens Japanese maple aconitophyllous (‘Aconitifolium ‘). Its foliage, cut to the ground, is green in summer and changes color to blood red in autumn.
Vine-leaved Japanese maple (‘Vitifolium’) was so named due to the shape of its leaf, it resembles a grape leaf. They are slightly dissected and end in several points. In summer, this species is also green, and in autumn it tries on a crimson outfit.
Acer Japonicum Vitifolium autumn outfit The rarest Shirasawa Maple (Acer shirasawanum)
undersized, height up to 1.5 meters. Foliage is shallowly dissected, characterized by a large width of the plate. Classic varieties have yellow and orange leaves, form ‘Aureum’ – with an original border around the edge sheet plate. The leaves of this variety keep all summer golden color, and in autumn they acquire a bright orange hue. Shirasawa maple 'Aureum' is a winter-hardy shrub reaching a height of up to 4 m. It prefers a sunny place or partial shade, and loose, not too wet soils. It is so ornamental that it is most often used as a tapeworm in the garden, and the small size of most varieties makes it suitable for growing as tub plants on a balcony or terrace.
Fan maple (Acer palmatum). To date, a large number of varieties of this maple have been bred, they all differ small size bush, exquisite crown shape and magnificent autumn coloring of foliage.
Acer palmatum Orange Dream Almost all Japanese maples that can be purchased from us are varietal, hybrids of fan maples by origin. Japanese maples proper and Shirasawa maples are much rarer and generally inferior to cultivated fan maples in the choice of different colors and forms of cultivation.
Maple ‘Orange dream‘ has greenish-yellow leaves with a red border around the edge, in autumn the foliage turns orange-red. This is a tall, fast-growing variety, within ten years it reaches a height of up to 10 meters.
Maple ‘Shaina‘ is a new dwarf variety, reaching only 1.5 m in height within 10 years, with a dense, bushy crown and deeply dissected leaves. Maple trees look especially elegant in autumn, when its leaves acquire a carmine-red hue. ‘Shaina’ is great for planting in containers.
A new variety of maple ‘Shirazz‘ , originating from New Zealand, got its name in honor of the most widespread grape variety in Australia "Shirazz". Its deeply dissected leaves show a unique play of colors: young green leaves are edged with a thin pale pink, sometimes blood-red stripe. And in autumn, the entire foliage turns bright red. The plant, reaching in adulthood up to 2 meters in height, forms a beautiful branched crown.
unusual maple ‘Wilson's Pink Dwarf‘ . In spring, its filigree pink flamingo foliage draws attention. In autumn, the leaves turn bright colors from light orange to red. This is a slow growing tree with a dense crown, after ten years it reaches a height of only 1.40 m. ‘Wilson's Pink Dwarf‘ great for planting in containers.
Slow-growing maples with dissected leaves give a special charm to the garden. green(grade Dissectum‘ ) and dark red(grade ‘Dissectum Garnet‘ ) coloring. Their thinly dissected leaves turn yellowish-red and deep purple in autumn. At the old ornamental trees with hanging shoots, the width of the crown is sometimes twice as large as the height. Maples with dissected leaves should not be hidden in the garden, they should be allocated a prominent place, for example, in a seating area near a bench, near a stream, or on the banks of a pond.
Openwork dark red ‘ bloodgood ' is a tree-like shrub with a broad-globose crown and feathery leaves, with a delightful inky black shade of leaves and bright fruits, capable of showing an unusual dark coloration even in the shade. Crown height and width up to 4 m.
Variety ‘ Beni Kawa' with light leaves and a very bright red tint of the bark.
Japanese maple care
In order to successfully grow these beauties in the garden, you need to follow a few rules:
From my own experience, I can only say one thing: the "Japanese" are more unpretentious and winter-hardy than is commonly believed, and in the right place they successfully winter even at the latitude of St. Petersburg!
Japanese maples in the garden
Japanese maples are very wide application and can decorate not only Asian-style gardens. Strongly growing varieties with an umbrella-shaped crown at maturity reach a height of 4 to 5 meters, so they can be used in the garden as tapeworms. Older Japanese maples provide excellent shade for walking paths and recreational areas.
The decorativeness of maples lies in the amazing beauty of details with the general nobility and sophistication of silhouettes and shapes. After all, the contours of the maple, its shape lush crown and the graceful curves of the branches are no less filigree than the carved leaves. The lines of this plant are an impeccable example of picturesqueness, built on the harmony of naturalness and showiness. In Japanese maples, the crown is tiered or translucent, lush lace and almost weightless at the same time. And all the beauty of the foliage mass only emphasizes the decorativeness of each individual leaf, divided into elegant pointed lobes.
One of the typical landscapes of the Land of the Rising Sun is a quiet and secluded corner for relaxing under the shade of a maple, the beauty of which is “supported” by pillows of flowering chrysanthemums. The laconic, restrained, but surprisingly picturesque duet remains today perfect example selection of classic companions for the design of any garden. It also looks very good under Japanese maples ferns, Volzhanka, shadow sedge and rhododendrons (especially deciduous varieties, which also explode with bright fireworks of leaf transformation in autumn). Excellent companions of the Japanese maple are bamboo, funkia, azalea and other Asian garden plants. A very interesting combination will be Japanese maple with viburnum ‘Dawn’ (Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Dawn’), or with Chinese dogwood (Cornus kousa var. chinensis). Under maples with a translucent crown, you can plant all not too tall and powerful decorative perennials and herbs suitable for planting in partial shade. But you can always limit yourself to a minimalistic design: decorative stone chips in the near-trunk zone and balancing the crown with one or two plants or large boulders around the perimeter.
In the garden, you can create fantastic and simply fabulous pictures by combining in small groups fast and slow growing maple varieties with different autumn foliage colors. Against the background of evergreens, for example, a hedge of laurel cherry or yew, the brightness and richness of colors intensify. Red-leafed maples tend to take on a carmine-red hue in autumn, while green-leafed maples change from golden yellow to orange-red.
The root system of Japanese maples, unlike domestic species, is slightly branched, with a small amount of thin hairy roots, so the plants planted under them receive enough water and nutrients.
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