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ACER
Commonly known as Maple
SPECIMEN SIZED VARIETIES OF ACER PALMATUM ARE IN 7.5 OR 10 LITRE POTS AND ARE ALL APPROXIMATELY 4-6 FEET IN HEIGHT.
SPECIMEN SIZED VARIETIES OF ACER PALMATUM DISSECTUM ARE SMALLER GROWING AND THEREFORE CONSIDERABLY SMALLER IN SIZE ALTHOUGH OF A SIMILAR AGE.
Genus of 120 species of evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs, from woodlands mainly, in Europe, northern Africa, Asia and North and Central America.
Some form large trees and others are understorey plants. The most popular decorative forms are from the palmatum group, Japanese maples which have been cultivated in Japan for centuries and is a well-known temple tree and bonsai subject . They have appeared in art forms for centuries.
Palmatum (hand-like) was the name given by Swedish doctor-botanist Carl Peter Thunberg late in the 18th century, following the ancient Japanese where they were likened to hands of frogs or hands of babies.
The UK representative is the field maple, A. campestre, a medium-sized tree favouring chalk soils but widely planted. It is a wildlife plant attractive to aphids which are preyed on by ladybirds, hoverflies and birds. Caterpillars eat the leaves and the nectar and pollen in the flowers attract insects as well.
The wood has the highest density of all the European maples and is used for veneers and harps.
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Deciduous
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Tall Shrub
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Tree
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Full sunshelter cultivars of palmatum from cold winds and late frosts. -
Partial shade
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Additional Features
Good to knowGrown for form and outstanding foliage on some varieties.
Pests & DiseasesAphids, mites, scale insects, caterpillars, Verticillium wilt, leaf scorch, honey fungus.
Place of originEurope, northern Africa, Asia, North and Central America -
Soil ConditionsFertile moist well-drained soil
- Garden Cultivation
- Pests & Diseases
- Propagation
- Further Reading
- Scorching & Dieback - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Allergic reactions and pollen
- Plants which produce masses of pollen - to avoid
- Plants producing little pollen - relatively safe!
- How to plant/move a shrub
- How to plant/move a shrub - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Fertisiling shrubs - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Mulching - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Pruning a shrub - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Summer propagation - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Taking semi-ripe cuttings -Video Tip ondemand_video
- Self-sown seedlings - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Trimming a shrub - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Weed spraying - Video Tip ondemand_video
- When is the right time to collect seeds?
- When are seeds actually ripe and ready for collection?
- Magnolia seed collection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Cornus capitata seed collection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Lithocarpus Seed Collection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Camellia seed collection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Rhododendron seed collecting - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Storing seeds over winter
- Embothrium Collecting and Storing Seeds
- Decaisnea Seed Collection & Potting
- How to plant a tree - Video Tip ondemand_video
- How to plant a tree
- Ties - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Restaking fallen young trees - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Fallen old tree - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Clearing up fallen beech tree - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Spring pruning - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing side shoots - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Pruning and Shaping Magnolia - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Deer protection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Weed Spraying - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing Ivy - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing wire protection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Tree Survey - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Crown uplift - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing shoots below graft - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing peeling bark - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Maintaining variegation - Video Tip ondemand_video
Buy Varieties of ACER
ACER campestre
Gift-wrapping available
ACER campestre 'Red Shine'
new leaves emerge red in spring, maturing to green in summer. Good yellow autumn colour. Upright, pyramidal habit
Gift-wrapping available
ACER capillipes
young growth coral-red, attractive autumn tinting, striated bark
Gift-wrapping available
ACER cappadocicum 'Aureum'
yellow young leaves turning green then yellow again in autumn
Gift-wrapping available
ACER cappadocicum 'Rubrum'
young new shoots are a highly attractive deep red which gradually fades
Gift-wrapping available
ACER x conspicuum 'Mozart'
an outstanding new selection with silver striped deep-purple bark
ACER x conspicuum 'Phoenix'
white striping on the bark and bright red new shoots which hold their colour into winter
ACER x conspicuum 'Silver Cardinal'
white striped bark and red young shoots. The green leaves are blotched and streaked with white and pink when young
ACER davidii
Small tree with striated green and white bark. Excellent autumn colouring
Gift-wrapping available
ACER davidii 'Serpentine'
the most striking striated bark of all the davidii cultivars. Suitable for smaller gardens. Young shoots dark red with conspicuous white veins.
Gift-wrapping available
ACER x freemanii 'Autumn Blaze'
a hybrid between A. rubrum and A. saccharinum with deeply cut leaves turning orange-red in autumn
ACER griseum
bark peels and flakes when mature to reveal light brown underbark. Good autumn colour
ACER japonicum 'Aconitifolium'
('Filicifolium'.) Deeply cut green leaves turning crimson in autumn. Small red flowers in spring before the leaves emerge
Gift-wrapping available
ACER macrophyllum
large dark green deeply lobed leaves which turn a bright orange in autumn. Fragrant yellow flowers in clusters followed by bristly fruit
Gift-wrapping available
ACER negundo 'Flamingo'
pink margin on young leaves gradually changes to white
Gift-wrapping available
ACER negundo 'Kellys Gold'
small deciduous tree with choice soft golden foliage
Gift-wrapping available
ACER palmatum
green Japanese maple. Japanese maples will not generally tolerate exposed windy sites and prefer sheltered protection
ACER palmatum 'Asahi-zuru'
pinkish white variegation on young leaves later turning three coloured as the green shows through
ACER palmatum 'Atropurpureum'
purple Japanese maple, brilliant red in autumn
Gift-wrapping available
Gift-wrapping available
ACER palmatum 'Beni-otake'
dwarfish maple with deeply dissected foliage of deep reddish purple
ACER palmatum 'Beni-schichihenge'
leaves marginated pinkish white or almost entirely orange pink
ACER palmatum 'Bloodgood'
striking dark purplish-red foliage, bright red in autumn
Gift-wrapping available
ACER palmatum 'Butterfly'
palmate leaves suffused cream & pink
ACER palmatum 'Corallinum'
salmon-pink new growth in spring. Orange-red to pink-red in autumn
ACER palmatum 'Crippsii'
elegant slow growing form with finely cut bronze-red leaves
ACER palmatum dissectum 'Burgundy Lace'
a small spreading tree with wine-red leaves divided into narrowly toothed lobes
ACER palmatum dissectum 'Crimson Princess'
red new growth turning bronze in summer and scarlet in autumn
ACER palmatum dissectum 'Crimson Queen'
deep reddish purple throughout the summer with fiery autumn tones
ACER palmatum dissectum 'Flavescens'
green-yellow divided leaves with orange-yellow autumn colour
ACER palmatum dissectum 'Garnet'
strong growing form with deep garnet-red leaves with finely cut lobes
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