This can simply be done by raising the area where you will be planting the Japanese maple with more soil. The hole should be dug 1. This extra size is primarily to losen the soil for the roots of your Japanese maple which will allow for it to get established quicker.
Take the Japanese maple out of the container and place it in the hole. The main thing to remember when planting a Japanese maple is that it should be planted level with where the soil level was in the container. This is important as Japanese maples planted too deeply do not perform well in the landscape. This means that you will have to put part of the soil that you already dug back into the hole before planting.
People often ask where or not they should condition their soil for the Japanese maple. For the most part, you shouldn't. Japanese maples can do well in both sandy soils and clay soils. When you ammend the soil they have to get established in your ammendments and then get established in the exterior soil. Japanese maples have a non-invasive root system that makes them ideal for container growing and bonsai culture. This will allow you to bring the ornamental appeal of Japanese maple to your deck, patio, poolside, and driveway expanding your garden.
The concept of how big a Japanese maple will get in a container is similar to that of how big a goldfish will get inside a bowl. A Japanese maple will grow the size container it is put in. A small container will dwarf the size of the tree from the size the tree would naturally be in the landscape.
Dwarf Japanese maples are often used in containers because they get fairly close to full-size in most containers. The best tip for container growing is a well-drained pot. Choose your Japanese maple based on the location you plan on growing your container grown maple ex. Sun or shade? Select the container you would like to use. The primary thing to look for is good drainage.
You may be able to drill extra holes in non-ceramic containers. At least one drain hole is necessary. For containers with only one drain hole, you may consider lining the bottom of the container with inches of medium sized gravel to increase drainage. Soil should be selected based on how frequently you plan on watering the plant. For Japanese maples that will be regularly watered by an irrigation system, a soil with more perlite is ideal. An example of this would be a regular bag of miracle grow mix.
For maples that will not be on a regular irrigation system, make sure to add more peat moss to the mixture. This will allow for the maple itself to retain a higher amount of moisture. This allows for the maple to be watered effectively.
Select a companion plant such as small sedums that can cover the soil-surface to reduce heat and moisture loss for the roots of the maple. When choosing a companion plant it is essential to use only plants with extremely shallow and tiny root systems that will not grow into the roots of the maple. Water frequently based on the finger test.
If the soil around your Japanese maple feels dry, water. For small containers smaller than a nursery 3 gallon check the root system of your Japanese maple during the winter every 3 years. Add soil as necessary. For larger containers, you can go much longer without root pruning the roots of your Japanese maple.
We suggest checking every years. For those that do not want to root prune, you can always upgrade your Japanese maple to a larger pot size or put the tree in the landscape, however, with a few minutes of root pruning every few years a Japanese maple can stay in any pot for its entire life.
This can often be purchased at Wal-Mart or your local garden center or department store. This simply gives Japanese maples the proper nutrients and hormones that will help it heal and recover and help it get back into a growing mode. Japanese maples are extremely easy to care for. The less you do the better. Japanese maples do not like a lot of nitrogen so fertilizers are not necessary.
Fertilizers with low amounts of nitrogen can be used in the early spring and mid-summer, however it is not necessary. Trimming your Japanese maple can actually make your tree grow faster. If you trim the smaller branches back leaving larger and thicker branching with buds, your tree will often grow very quickly. This is because you get a cleaner flow or nutrients from Japanese maples that have been trimmed. It is like excersing your Japanese maples.
It is best to do this in the early spring right before your Japanese maple leafs out. This is typically around the late February to early March time period for us in North Carolina.
Yes, that means you can trim a Japanese maple heavily. Remember to clean your pruning tools with rubbing alcohol.
This helps keep your pruning tools sanitized which helps your Japanese maple stay healthy. Start out by pruning out branches you don't like on your Japanese maple. The unique charateristic of this vine maple cultivar is that it has purple-red leaves which hold their color well throughout summer, especially in full sun. In fact, Burgundy Jewel holds its' color best when placed in full sun! Fall colors range from brilliant orange to scarlet red.
Burgundy Jewel will grow to about 6' tall x 4' wide in 10 years. Hardy to degrees. USDA zone 5. It prefers mooring sun afternoon shade, but can take some hot sun - as long as its not all day.
In the sun Bort's Broom green leaves bronze out to a very attractive cherry red. Borts Broom is a dwarf maple that tend to grow in a bush fashion with branching mostly basal. Like all brooms, this arose as a sport or mutation on a wild circinatum. Growth is dense and rather fast when young. Graft bulge can be present in some plants. Borts broom will grow to about 4 feet. Japanese Maple Tree Varieties A. In stock. Leaves are rich green and feathery. This is a great dissectum with brilliant fall colors that range through yellow-orange tones with traces of crimson.
Low growing and vigorous this maple is a very nice addition to any collection. Slow mounding growth to 4 feet tall, feet wide. Tends to grow laterally. Acer palmatum Acer palmatum. Acer palmatum These trees are green leafed species maples. That is they are seedlings of the genus Acer palmatum. They are beautiful in their own way all slightly different from one another. They are often hardier than cultivars and make a great choice for the gardener that is looking for a Japanese maple for the first time.
They are great for multiple plantings in the landscape or bonsai. Spring time color is light green with flecks of red from the leaf buds.
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