![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Problems: Maples may be troubled by borers, aphids, scales, leaf spots, tar spot, anthracnose, bacterial leaf scorch, canker and collar rot. Some should be protected from the sun to prevent leaf scorch and provided irrigation. Most thrive in full sun or partial shade. Red and silver maples thrive in fairly wet soils. Most do well in a fairly wide soil pH range, although many favor slightly acid soil. The ideal soil for most maples is rich, porous and well-drained. There is such a wide variety of form and size that landscape use is dependent on the species being used. Landscape Use: Maples may be used as lawn specimens, screens, patio trees, hedges, border accents and even container plants. These “whirlybirds” are interesting to watch as they fall to the ground, and are attractive to wildlife. Commonly called a key, it consists of a pair of compressed bony nutlets joined together, each with an elongated, membranous wing. The dry, winged fruit is called a samara and is characteristic of all maples. Others are characterized by interesting bark features. Some species have showy red flowers that appear in late winter before the leaves emerge in the spring. Many are noted for their large size and are used as shade trees, while others are valued for their delicacy and are used as accents. Ornamental Features: Most maples are valued for their spectacular fall leaf colors, which range from muted yellow to bright orange and red. Growth Rate: Growth rate is varied, depending on the species. Mature Height/Spread: Maples vary in size from a small Japanese maple (8 feet) to a large sugar maple (100 feet). griseum) are not suited to the Coastal Plains. leucoderme) are adapted to all areas of South Carolina. Red maple ( Acer rubrum), Japanese maple ( A. They may be narrow and columnar, wide spreading and round-headed or low and mounded. Maples ( Acer species) are deciduous trees (sometimes shrubs) often grown for the shade they produce and their exceptional autumn color. Joey Williamson, ©HGIC, Clemson Extension Specific epithet comes from the Latin word griseus meaning gray in reference to color of the leaf undersides.Japanese maple ( Acer palmatum) in full fall color. Genus name is the Latin name for a maple tree. shortly thereafter by the Arnold Arboretum. (“Chinese”) Wilson brought this tree from China to England in 1899. Flowers give way to winged samaras (to 1 1/4” long) with unusually large seeds.Į. Ornamentally insignificant yellowish flowers bloom in April-early May in clusters (drooping cymes to 1” long) on pendulous downy stalks. ![]() Fall color varies, typically ranging from showy shades of orange and red to less spectacular shades of reddish-green to bronze green. Leaves are green above, but frosty blue-green to gray-green with fine hairs beneath. Each trifoliate leaf (3-5” long) features three coarsely toothed leaflets, with the middle leaflet being short-stalked. Bark on the trunk and limbs is extremely ornamental because it peels into large curls which remain on the tree rather that falling to the ground, often in attractive contrast to the tan to rose-brown inner bark. It is native to mixed forests in central China. It typically matures to 20-30 (40)’ tall. It is particularly noted for its exfoliating copper orange to cinnamon reddish/brown bark and its showy orange to red fall color. Acer griseum, commonly called paperbark maple, is a small, deciduous, oval to oval-rounded tree with slender upright branching. ![]()
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