Maple Trees

• Fertilize in the spring with tree fertilizer stakes.
• Pruning must only be done in the summer months (The sap runs so quickly in the late winter, early spring that it will not stop if pruned at the wrong time of year).
• Rake all maple leaves off the lawn before winter arrives (accumulation can seriously damage your lawn).
   

Many Maple varieties grow tall and wide which can cast dense shade.

• If you have grass growing underneath, it may be difficult to maintain a healthy lawn in that area as the Maple takes most of the moisture and nutrients from soil.
• As your Maple matures and the grass diminishes, consider a bed of low maintenance ground cover to replace the lawn.
• There are many attractive year round broadleaf evergreens such as Periwinkle, Japanese Spurge, English Ivy, or Wintercreeper Euonymus.
• To alleviate the flatness of a large bed of ground cover, plant clumps of perennials such as Hosta or Ferns which will add a bit of height, texture, and colour contrast.
   

These groups of special Maples are considerably smaller with delicate and refined foliage. Japanese Maples vary in form also.

Purpleleaf

• Upright, small scale, twigs are thin, red leaves are medium size, turn green in the summer..
• Fall Foliage is brilliant red.
• Winter protection is a must.

Waterfall

• Displays exciting weeping, cascading branches, small deeply serated; golden fall colour.
• Filtered sun.

Slow grower.
Bloodgood/Crimson Queen

• The Bloodgood are a tall, upright variety
• Gives poise and charm to any lawn with its pleasing weeping habit and dissected leaf type.
• The dark red summer leaves of these trees mature to a crimson colour for fall foliage.

Cutleaf

• Delicate, finely divided, mid green or red foliage, larger and more finely dissected than typical, creates a graceful, layered, cascading effect.
• Initially green with foliage turning gold to a glowing orange in the fall.

Japanese Maples add grace, elegance, and style to any garden which explains their enormous popularity.
 

• Plant in a sheltered location (i.e. against the house, garage, fence, or in the shelter of larger plants that will bear the impact of west and north wind) as Japanese Maples cannot tolerate cold, winter wind nor can they take the hot, drying wind of the summer.
• Plant in an area where your specimen can receive afternoon shade.
• Do not put your lawn sprinkler on over your Japanese Maple as the droplets of water can burn holes in the foliage on a hot summer day
• Plant in well drained soil, acidic soil (pH 5.5 – 6.5), rich in organic matter (compost, peat moss, manure). This will keep the soil from drying out
• Prune only in the spring to trim any branches that may have died over the winter.
• Water deeply in mid to late November and cover the root zone with 10 cm (4”) of mulch

• Amur Maple – Leafs out in early spring and can be used as a small specimen tree, a large shrub, or for screening where their density will be fully appreciated. Their small green, maple-shaped leaves turn a beautiful scarlet red in October
• Flame Amur Maple – Is usually a multi-stemmed tree. Its summer color is green, but is mixed with bright red 'helicopters' in mid summer and is noted for its fiery-red autumn color. This tree is extremely hardy and drought resistant once established. They make an excellent screen or hedge.
• Paperbark Maple – Prefers sun to partial shade; prefers moist, well drained soil but will grow in a variety of soil types. Not drought tolerant. This very unique specimen has cinnamon, orange bark that peels in paper thin strips. Its green leaves turn a bright red-orange in October.