Red Maple, Landing and Care

Red Maple will become a bright exotic supplement of your garden. If you plan the plants on your site according to the principles of the Japanese garden, then without this tree you just can not do. In Japan, where the red-hearted maple acquired an extraordinary popularity, it is grown both in the open ground and in containers, on balconies, garden pots, etc. In this article, we find out why red maple leaves have such a rich color, which rules for planting maple should be observed how to care for the tree.

Red Maple - Description

• Maple Red is a type of maples included in the North American maple group. The birthplace of these beautiful trees are the eastern regions of North America. The widespread the garden forms of the Red Clean were obtained in Southeast Asia.
• Red maple is a leaf fall tree belonging to the genus Maple and to the family of maples. Maple red is sometimes called the maple Japanese red.
• Red maple can reach height from 9 to 28 meters, and tree trunk can have a diameter of up to 1.6 meters.
• Red maple leaves have a length of up to 10 cm, located on the branch oppositely. Depending on the grade of a red maple leaf can have 3 or 5 blades. Before the winter onset, all leaves of red maple fall out.
• The barrel of maple with red leaves is covered with light gray bark with a smooth surface, which becomes darker over time.
• The fruit of red maple is a small cushion, which can be painted in red, brown or yellowish shade depending on the variety.
• Maple red - a long-lived wood, which under favorable conditions can grow up to 200 years.
• Red shade maple leaves give special substances - carotenoids and anthocyans contained in the leaves in large quantities. Therefore, the red maples fall in the fall even more attractive.
• Crown of red maples has the right rounded form, which gives the tree even greater decorativeness.
• Red red maple is famous for frost resistance.
• The root system of the red maple has a compact size.
• More than 150 types of red maple are known. Trees are applied not only in gardening, but also in the production of parquet, wooden barrels, furniture.

Maple red - varieties

Thanks to the efforts of breeders from around the world, there are a huge number of grained maple decorative red. Especially popular for independent cultivation became shrub varieties of maple. Red maple foliage can change their color depending on the season. Spring on the tree can bloom the red leaves, in the summer of Krone can acquire a green color, and in the autumn - purple-burgundy. Some red maple varieties have green leaves with red edging. Consider the most popular varieties of red maple:

• maple red "Scanlon" - Fall tree, which is capable of reaching 12 meters in height. Krona maple has the right pyramidal form. Straight barrel covered with light bore. Red Maple foliage in summer has a green color, and in the fall painted in a saturated purple. The root system of the red maple of this species has a core form. The tree is unpretentious, it grows well even on depleted soils. But when choosing a place of landing is to avoid severe clay soils;
• maple red "brandywine". The variety is characterized by a fairly rapid annual increase. Adult tree grows up to 10-12 meters, and Krona reaches up to 6 meters in diameter. The variety is decorative due to the crown of the correct oval shape and the crimson-red color, which the leaves are purchased in autumn. The root gear of the red variety "Brandywine" has a rod shape. The variety is known for the portability of frosts, but a negative attitude towards long-term heat. On a too dry and dense section, the maple will grow slower, the autumn color will not be so juicy;
• maple red "Magnificent Magenta". The maple of this variety grows up to 12 meters in height. Beautiful oval crown shape gives a tree an attractive appearance. Leaves change their color depending on the season. In the summer, Maple attracts the attention of juicy green foliage, which with the arrival of autumn is painted in causing red, burgundy, purple shades. Maple prefers to grow on solar sections with light nutrient soil;
• maple red "October Glory". Adult tree can reach 18 meters in height. Juicy green foliage looks spectacular in combination with light-colored bark. Krone has a pointed pyramidal form. In summer, the leaves have a green color, and burgundy, purple saturated shades are acquired in the fall. Males of this species are worse growing on heavy clay soils with a low concentration of nutrients;
• maple red "Red Sunset". The variety was bred in the United States and was loved by many gardeners with a rapid growth rate, unpretentious in care. An adult tree can reach 15-18 meters in height. Krona maple has a shape of a wide pyramid. The barrel is covered with a bark of light color, the shoots are painted in a reddish hue, which looks incredibly effectively in combination with both green leaves in the summer and with crimson leaves in the fall. Red Sunset variety maple can be successfully grown even in regions with cold winter temperatures up to minus 30 degrees. The tree prefers light soil and does not like tight soil, long drought;

• maple red "Summer Red" - A small tree, usually growing up to 10-12 meters in height. Krona Maple has a rounded or oval shape. Special decorativeness gives the color of the leaves. They can be both gently green and red, orange, crimson, with a purple tint. Autumn leaves are held for a long time on branches. Like most other varieties of red maple, the maple variety "Summer Red" prefers well-lit places, plots with light and fertile soil;
• maple red "Sun Valley" - Great option of a compact leaf fall tree with spectacular autumnal leaves for a plot. The rod root gear system is located close to the surface of the Earth, has many thin roots. Maple leaves reach 10 cm long and have 3-5 blades. In summer, the foliage is green, autumn - bright red. The distinctive features of the variety is good frost resistance, low resistance to the wind, bad portability of the lack of moisture;
• maple red "Somerset" - Fall tree compact sizes. Krone has a little extended shape, has no tendency to thickening. Maple leaves have a shiny smooth surface, in the summer are painted in green, and a juicy red color is acquired. The variety is great for growing in urban environments, in arid weather requires additional irrigation;
• maple red "Candy Ice". The tree has a crown in the form of a pyramid, with time acquiring a more rounded form. Decorativeness The variety gives special coloring of the leaves. In the summer you can find whitens, pink, green spots of irregular shape. In the fall, the crown acquires the burning fiery color;
• maple red "Morgan" - Fall tree, under favorable conditions, reaching 20 meters in height. Maple leaves immediately after appearance have a brown or bronze tint, then they become green, and with the advent of autumn, a juicy red color is purchased. The variety is known for high frost resistance, unpretentious in care, the ability to relieve urban growth conditions;
• maple red "SEKKA". If you are looking for a red maple small size for your site, then you will definitely look at this variety. An adult tree rarely exceeds 8 meters in height. The green foliage in the fall acquires a bright red color that instantly highlights the tree among other ornamental plants.

Red Maple - Photo

Maple red - landing

Choose a place to land a red maple

Despite the fact that most of the varieties of red maple are completely unpretentious to the place of its growth, when planting a tree on the site it is desirable to follow the following recommendations:

• maple red is better not to plant on too open and windy areas, as the tree does not like this;
• choose a well-lit plot, but also avoid landing a red maple seedling on a plot that is constantly located in direct sunlight. In such a place, the maple can lose the brightness of its color. It is better to give preference to a slightly shaded area;
• when choosing a place to land a red maple worth considering the location of other plants. Some varieties of red maple in adulthood can have a krona up to 12 meters in diameter.

We choose the soil for planting a red maple

What soil prefers red maple? Most varieties are able to maximize their decorative quality in almost any soil. But some "preferences" in red-hearted maples still have:

• most red maples negatively relate to heavy, clay, excessively moistened soils. Although wild maple varieties grow even on swampy sites. For garden species, it is better to choose light soils with good breathability;
• the land on the plot where you are going to plant a red maple, it is desirable to have acidity 6.0 - 7.5. If the Earth is too acidic, then you should make lime under the Packet;
• if the groundwater on your site proceeds too close to the surface, then take care of creating a good drainage layer;
• red maples can grow on the basis with a small concentration of nutrients, but on the fertile plot, of course, trees will be more decorative.

Choose time for landing red maple

The question of choosing the time of landing of a red maple especially often worries novice gardeners. Most varieties of these trees recommend landing in the spring - in the period from the beginning to mid-April. With such a spring landing, young maples will have a good root and adapt to a new place before the winter.

Red Maple Planting Technology

1. The process of planting a red maple begins with the preparation of landing pit. To begin with, it is good to redozzle the plot, get rid of weed plants, stones and garbage. The dimensions of the pits will depend on the size of the root system of the seedling, but usually they make up 50 * 70 cm. If you doubt the definition of the sizes of the landing hole, then follow the simple rule - the pension value must be 2 times more of the earthen seedlings.
2. At the bottom of the landing pit, it is necessary to build a drainage layer. The more heavy and clay is the soil on the site, the thicker should be a layer of drainage. You can use crushed stone, broken brick or other similar material.
3. Next, the landing point should shedient a large amount of water and wait for it to absorb.
4. While the water in the landing pit is absorbed, you can cook the nutrient earth mixture to fill the pit. In equal shares, you can mix the turf, peat and humus. It will be useful to add any complex mineral fertilizer to the soil. Some gardeners like to put nitroammofosk in the landing pits in the calculation of 150 grams per seedling.
5. If you purchased a red maple seedling in a container, then it's time to carefully remove the tree from it, trying not to damage the roots. To facilitate this process, the maple in the container can be pre-pouring water.
6. Further, lower the seedling on the bottom of the landing pit, and begin to fill it with soil. It is easiest to fit the landing with the assistant. Red maples do not like deep fit. The root cervix after filling the pit soil should be on the same level from the ground. Also permissible slight elevation of the root neck above the ground surface, but not more than 5 cm.
7. The root plot of the Earth must necessarily be closed with dry leaves or sawdust to slow down the evaporation of moisture. Red Maple, which was planted recently, should be contacted from direct sunlight to the moment the plant is strengthened. You also need to monitor the soil moisture, watered as needed.

Red Maple - Care

So, elegant red maple is planted on your site. What to do next? Is the care of this decorative tree with purple-bugs foliage? "To look after" the most carefully will have for young maples, but adult trees can be perfectly done without the participation of a person. After all, in the wild, nobody cares for red maples, they look amazing and grow over 100 years. Of course, varietal decorative maples require a little more care if you want to maintain their beauty at the maximum level. Consider how young and adult red maples can need in what care.

• podrel. The amount and frequency of the feeding depend on the age of red maple. Approximately the first 4 years after landing decorative red maple needs a little more portion of fertilizers than adult "counterparts". Every spring under the young tree can be made superphosphates, potash salt, urea. In the summer, gardeners advise the effective and well-known drug - Kemira to feed the maple. As for feeding adult red maples, they can not be done at all. But the tree will gratefully perceive the introduction of mineral complex drugs for about 1 time in 2-3 years;
• watering. Especially carefully follow the humidity of the soil in the root zone will need to be required during the first year after landing. Under one young maple takes about 15-20 liters of water. Trees are better not to water cold water or water from under the tap. Ideal water for watering decorative maple - rainwater, a little warm. Watering should be done right under the root of the young tree. The frequency of watering depends on many factors - from the climatic characteristics of your region, from the depth of groundwater flowing, on the characteristics of the soil. Adult red maples are pretty easily tolerated drought, but foliage can lose a few of its brightness;
• trimming. Do you need red maples in pruning? In the sanitary trim, of course, yes. In the spring trees carefully examine the presence of damaged branches, dry escapes. Sections of sections are necessarily treated with a garden harder to avoid tree infection. If the red maple variety is growing on your site, which is characterized by a tendency to thickening the crown, then "extra" shoots can be deleted. In the forming trimming, modern varietal maples do not need, since their crowns originally have beautiful and correct forms. But if you wish, in the presence of "friendship" with garden scissors, the Red Maple can give a completely fantastic outline, which in combination with the bright color of the leaves will look even more effectively;
• preparation for winter. Most red maple varieties have excellent winter-hardy performance. But the young trees will better protect in the harsh winters, bypassing the barrel with a spruce noodle. In no hopping winter, it is possible to use an additional version of the hasening of a red maple - insulation of the trunk of a bagproof or any other suitable material. If after harsh winter you will find the fame shoots, then do not despair. In the spring, the tree will begin to actively increase the new shoots and quickly recover.

The reproduction of red maple

Red maple breeding cuttings

Of course, you can try to propagate the decorative maple with a drawing method, but do not wait for 100% success. Consider the approximate instruction of such a method of breeding maple:

• the billet of cuttings should be done immediately after the end of the summer season. Approximate cutlength length - 20-25 cm. On the shoot should remain 2 leafs, which are shortened by scissors half;
• in order for the red maple cutlets better to root, it is soaked in front of the dive into the solution of any modern root formation stimulator;
• prepare a light nutrient mixture of peat, humoring, to which you will land a stalk;
• racked maple cuttings are watered;
• with the arrival of spring, it will become clear which cuttings of the maple got involved, and which is not. Young plants can be transferred to a permanent point of growth in a new nutritious substrate.

Red maple breeding seeds

Growing red maple from seeds - the process is incredibly laborious. Fastener plant you will receive no earlier than 3 years after seeding. In order for the reproduction of decorative red maple in this way, successfully passed, follow the following instructions:

• collect "Airplanes" from the maple, which contain seeds. Before landing in the ground, they must undergo stratification. To do this, place the planting material on the lower shelf of the refrigerator or another dark and cool place with a temperature of from 0 to 3 degrees of heat;
• after the "wintering", the seeds of the red maple should be disinfected by soaking by 2-3 days in the hydrogen peroxide solution;
• prepare a nutritious earth mix, in which you will plant maple seeds. It should consist of peat, sand and humus;
• make the wells or grooves depth of about 4 cm. Sew seeds and pour;
• the first shoots of the Red Maple will be able to observe in 3-4 weeks;
• care for the landings of the maple - do not allow the heat drying, loosen the earth in order to prevent the formation of a crust on the surface of the soil, act from direct sunlight;
• for a permanent place of growth, young red maples grown from seeds can be transplanted after 1 year.

Red Maple will become a real "pearl" of your garden. The tree will delight the eyes as in the summer and in the fall, surprising the brightness of the paints. The advantage of modern varieties of decorative red maple is that the tree can be grown even in adhesive, garden pots, containers. In addition, you can buy red maple seedlings at any large store for gardeners or nursery.