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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.
- 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 palmatum 'Bloodgood'
striking dark purplish-red foliage, bright red in autumn
Gift-wrapping available
ACER palmatum 'Butterfly'
palmate leaves suffused cream & pink
Gift-wrapping available
ACER palmatum dissectum 'Crimson Queen'
deep reddish purple throughout the summer with fiery autumn tones
Gift-wrapping available
ACER palmatum dissectum 'Dissectum Atropurpureum'
purple cut leaf maple
Gift-wrapping available
ACER palmatum dissectum 'Emerald Lace'
arching habit with finely divided green leaves
Gift-wrapping available
ACER palmatum dissectum 'Garnet'
strong growing form with deep garnet-red leaves with finely cut lobes
Gift-wrapping available
ACER palmatum dissectum 'Inaba-shidare'
red stalked leaves with deep purplish lobes. Crimson autumn colour
Gift-wrapping available
ACER palmatum dissectum 'Seiryu'
weeping lace leafed maple with upright growth to 10ft and arching branches. Bright green foliage in spring colouring golden yellow in autumn
ACER palmatum dissectum 'Viridis'
light green, ragged foliage turning crimson in autumn
Gift-wrapping available
ACER palmatum 'Kamagata'
red-tinted green leaves turning scarlet in autumn
ACER palmatum 'Katsura'
red stems, golden young foliage
Gift-wrapping available
ACER palmatum 'Metamorphosa'
a 2018 RHS Plant of the Year finalist. The leaf colour starts a pale yellowish-green, then develops white edging to the leaf in late spring., the leaves turn reddish in parts of the plant in the summer and the autumn colour is a golden-yellow. A true metamorphosis in a season
ACER palmatum 'Orange Dream'
yellow-golden leaves unfold in spring becoming greenish in summer and orange-yellow as autumn nears
Gift-wrapping available
ACER palmatum 'Osakazuki'
slightly bronze foliage, scarlet autumn colour
Gift-wrapping available
ACER palmatum 'Phoenix'
pink-tinted foliage in spring turning red, orange and yellow in autumn
Gift-wrapping available
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