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I've just discovered this method of propagation for Acer grandidendatum. I wonder how it could work for other maple species :

The Dark Side of Propagating Maples

Excerpt :

"In an effort to save the genetics of this tree from marauding squirrels, we are using propagation techniques pioneered by researchers at Utah State University. This species is usually very hard to propagate by cuttings, but by placing dark...

The Dark Side of Propagating Maples

Maybe I haven't been paying attention but I don't remember seeing much advice on this forum about fertilizing Japanese maples. The best thing I can say about the soil mine are growing in is that it drains well, with rock and sand under barely a foot of 'proper' soil. There can't be many nutrients available although I don't see any problems with the trees that would indicate a deficiency. Should I be fertilizing proactively as part of a regular mainenance plan? If the answer is 'yes' what...

Fertilizing Japanese Maples

Peter Gregory has died at age 90.

Co-founder of the Maple Society and for many years its Chairman and Editor of the Newsletter, Superintendent of Westonbirt Arboretum, author of revisions to J.D. Vertrees "Japanese Maples", co-author of the "World Checklist of Maple Cultivars", Peter was surely one of the greatest maple experts in the world, as well as one of the best loved.

For a fuller tribute to Peter please follow the link below....

Peter Gregory, 1929 - 2020

I have a 4.5 foot potted J.Aconitifolium that seems to be opening its upper most buds.. it’s been unusually mild here in the UK this year, hardly any frosts in my central area, so far.. very strange..and worrying if we get late frosts.

I’ll move it to a very sheltered spot.. anyone else experiencing this?

Hi from Ireland
I have a question regarding Acer palmatum and wind tolerance. I have started a small collection but some of our garden is open to prevailing south westerly winds.We are inland so no salt and our climate is fairly moist, little or no hot dry breezes. Winters are mild rarely below -5.we can get late frost however. I have read mostly that they don't like wind but one noted grower from England says otherwise. My question is out of the following which, if any, can tolerate an...

Acer palmatum and wind tolerance

A first digital edition!

Limitations and Possibilities for Growing Native and Exotic Maples in Poland. By Jerzy W. Tumilowicz, Warsaw Agricultural University, Rogów Arboretum.

This article, reintroduced from the 2002 International Maple Symposium Proceedings by the Maple Society Open Science Initiative, is now available for the first time in digital format. It will by of interest to all growing maples in the challenging colder climate zones, like the US mid-west or Northern and Eastern...

Maple Society OSI: Limitations and Possibilities for Growing Maples in Poland, by J.W. Tumilowicz

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I finally received the seeds from the Maple Society. I want to thank all those who collected, sorted them, put them in paper bags and posted them : thank you very much for the time and efforts spent.

Now it's up to me to find the best way to make the best of this seeds galore ;-)

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PS: I had put some of my own seeds from A. palmatum palmatum directly in a ziplock bag that I put in the fridge on Dec. 5th after having soaked them overnight in water, and two days...

Seeds 2020

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Good evening,

I've been told this is a dwarf Acer plant. Is it so, and does anyone happen to know which particular variety it is? Bought in Macedonia, Greece. Leaves went a bit more red before falling in autumn. Pics are from summer. I notice that toward the end of summer the leaves seem a bit greener. Many thanks for your suggestions.

In celebration of our forum having doubled our allowable pictures per post -- that's right, 20 pictures now allowed! -- here are 20 pictures of maples in flower. Can you guess the species/cultivar? I'm not sure I'd get them all right!

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Flower Season is almost here!

Hi, I have grown lots of Acer mono and Acer truncatum so my practical experience tells me these species are different. Their germination habits demonstrate this. Truncatum has an unusual feature of hypogeal germination, that is the cotyledons do not emerge from within the seed - it just pops out of the soil with its first two leaves. Mono should have 'normal' epigeal germination with cotyledons emerging from the seed and the ground.

However I am stumped to find this documented (from behind...

Truncatum VS Mono Germination

Hi everyone, I hope you all had a great Christmas.

I am looking at getting a new green dissectum for my garden and there are a few that I do not know much about. I already have a 'normal' green dissectum, which is lovely in Autumn but not so interesting during the rest of the year.

Could someone advise me on the differences between the green varieties. The two I think I like the most are Filigree and Flavescens which I believe have brighter colours in Spring. Also viridis and Waterfall...

Filigree or Flavescens?

Hi, Last week I went out and did a light pruning for those unwanted branches. After the next few days, I started to see some type of fluid bleeding from those cut.
Is this normal for the tree to bleed before healing those wounds or i should wait until later into winter or early spring to prune. The current temp is around hi-40 and lo-50. Perhaps these trees are not going to dormant yet. I hope I didn't hurt them too much.
Any advice is much appreciated. Thanks,

It's always a bit of fun to see which maples are evergreen as we pass through the solstice. It's not always the same group here in the Norman season of mud.

This year many maples are having a hard time getting the sap down: pruning over the last week has cause quite a lot of bleeding on sycamores and anything from Section Palmata. The Platanoidae are nice and dry though.

Anyone else have any maples still in leaf? I wonder what's still green at the UBC botanical garden...

Here are A....

Evergreen Maples at Christmas

Hello all. We had a bad storm this week in NJ that produced sleet and ice before snow accumulation. The ice and snow weight ended up snapping the main runner of my new Sango Kaku (coral bark). I have attached two pictures. How will the tree react to the damage? Is it salvageable or will I need to replace it? Will growth be hindered now if it lives?

Thanks for your help!

As I was driving up to my house a few days ago I noticed this leaf on my Osakazuki. People often talk about how stunning the fall colours are on this cultivar and I have to admit that that mine is living up to my expectations.

I will try and take some more pics tomorrow.

Found this tree this fall on my maple exploring mission without a label. Could this be a shirasawanum?

I would like to know cultivars names or varieties of palmatums that support zone 10. In my city aprox. 40º C in Agost, although I have semi-shadows places to put in.

In this moment I have an Acer palmatum atropurpureum and other no palmatums like acer pseudoplatanus or acer opalus sub. granantensis.

Thanks in advance.