Driving thru a neighbourhood, I noticed a spendid maple tree. I compared the leaf (see attachment) to various pictures on the net. When I think I've found the correct name, a new picture throws me in a loop. Thus far, I've identified three possibilities: Acer Pseudoplatanus Leopoldii, Acer Campestre Carnival and Acer Platanoides Drummondii. Any suggestions? Luv83trees, Eastern Ontario, Canada
Acer platanoides 'Drummondii', (easy to ID, because it has thinner leaves than A. pseudoplatanus, and bigger leaves than A. campestre...)
isn't it also because A.platanoides has spiky leaf lobes? A.pseudoplatanus doesn't, and A.campestre has smooth margins? beautifully colored leaf, I have to say!
The easiest way to ID....the only variegated maple for sale in this region is Acer platanoides 'Drummondii'. A. pseudoplatanus does not do well in this region & I've never seen A. campestre for sale locally.
there are loads of A.campestre trees here where I live (Croatia, Europe), including very young ones which would be suitable for transplant I suppose.
Thank you!!! You are all amazing! Any comments about the root system? In the new housing development where I live, the lots are not serviced and therefore, each lot has a well and a sceptic field. The developer strongly recommended not to plant silver maples, weeping willows and poplars ... apparently they create many strong roots. Are Drummondii roots problematic?
Where is the maple in relation to your septic bed? With sufficient spacing, there should be no issue. What you're really planting is a Norway Maple with the characteristics of a Norway Maple including shallow roots and a low canopy that are very effective in out competing everything planted below it. Occasionally, the tree will revert a new shoot back to plain green. Remove that shoot promptly as it will out compete the variegated branches and eventually become an all green tree.
you mean about the field maples I was talking about? Aren't there any field maples where you live? these trees are widespread here, particulary in eastern Croatia. Most of them can be found under or near oak trees (Q.robur). There are plenty of young ones, just out of soil.
Even A. campestre from eastern Croatia can't be imported into Canada. Not to say A. campestre is not available here, it's just not a common or readily available landscape tree. A shame really, it's one of the better adapted maples (domestic & introduced) to our increasingly dry summers.
