Cheering ourselves up with Maples

I was hoping to get something like yall but I had to pull the snow blower out this evening.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!

 

I wish that I could give all of you the snow in my yard. I’m sick of it! Merry Christmas.

 

Looks so Christmasy though!!!

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Merry Christmas to you and family D.

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And to you and your family J.

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Merry Christmas everybody.

 

To you also J.

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If only I can get these colors in my hardiness zone.

 

Good morning A, if you can give yours a lot of shade throughout the Sumner months with other types of trees then you may get more success in the Autumn. But I do understand your predicament. I do see that Mr Maple offer a range of heat tolerant maples, so perhaps drop them a line.

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Yes, That was the reason I got the Shantung which is fast growing and heat tolerant. Planted that in between the 2 Japanese maples for shades. We'll see how it goes. The Shantung is about 15ft+ now. From 6ft when it was planted 2 seasons ago.

 

Acer truncatum is one of my favorites. Hoping to get a ‘Baby Dragon’ or ‘Golden Dragon’.

 

I would love both of them, but I've been trying to get my hands on 'Baby Dragon'.

 

Sounds like you have it in hand. May take a few years, but it's worth the effort.

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Anyone seen or have acer griseum x saccharum? That would be an extremely cool hybrid

 

I have Griseum but no hybrids of such.

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Hybrids of Acers from different sections are very unlikely.

Acer griseum belongs to the section "Trifoliata", series "Grisea"
Acer saccharum belongs to section "Acer", series "Saccharodendron".

See : List of Acer species - Wikipedia

There's a list of identified hybrids at the bottom of the page :

List of Acer species - Wikipedia

 

There are claims that it exists, but it hasn’t been proven that it is actually a hybrid.

Other Rare Acers: Acer griseum x saccharum Sugarflake - Davidsans Japanese Maples

 

Whats the best fertilizer to make maples grow like weeds? No worries about frost here so they dint need to harden up as early. please include the company

 

maple tree family

 

Miracle Gro's standard liquid formula does the trick. You don't need much -- even just one big feeding in the spring.

 

this is probably The ugliest maple in this thread lol. a very neglected, red maple (acer rubrum) seedling, fighting the odds of this california climate to survive.

 

i admire it. it hasn't been watered for over 1 1/2 month. this seedling is strong. it managed to survive those hot, dry santa ana winds

 

Maybe fertilizer isn't the best thing for at this time?

 

not really trees yet but here are some seeds of acer macrophyllum (bigleaf maple) sprouting in the fridge after just 5 days of stratification.

 

As the talk is on hybrids, do have a look at the new Mr Maple Youtube video on BLUE maples. Its very good. And yes some people have actually bought these seeds.


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