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  • There is no other tree, apart maybe the Pine tree, which suit all garden's styles and all areas! There is without any doubt an Acer for you!

    In town
    The favourite of patios, is of course the Japanese maple, with its characteristic silhouette and its beautiful, indented, purple, golden or green foliage depending on the variety. The Japanese maple withstands urban pollution, does not steal the light in winter and stay rather small in size. However, this is not the only Acer to choose from in town. Indeed, you can plant a taller variety even in a small garden. You must just remember to prune the tree every year, at the end of winter to shorten its branches before the plants awake again. All Acers withstand regular pruning which must of course stay pleasing to the eye.
    In pot, it is easy to grow a Japanese maple but you will have to plan for an automatic watering system as they are extremely sensitive to strong drought's episodes. Their growth is then limited and you don't need to prune them as often. The pruning of a pot-grown Acer is done to keep its compact shape.

    For a contemporary garden
    The graphic silhouettes of the Japanese maple there again, make it suit any contemporary-styled gardens. But do not forget the qualities of other Acers, particularly the purple-leaved varieties. They grow quite rapidly and enhance white and golden foliage. In contemporary gardens where the trunk's beauty is sought after, the Snakeskin Maple offers an excellent choice. Combined with Bamboos and ornamental grasses which have a beautiful winter-foliage you will get an unfailing association that never goes out of fashion. The right practice: remove parts of the growth along the trunk to clear the silhouette and refine your Acer.

    For a natural-looking garden
    Acers also suit more natural looking gardens, in choosing more wooded-countryside varieties like the Acer' campestre' or the Acer 'Monspessulanum'. The Acer 'griseum' is a wonder in that landscape, as it does not grow too tall. The Acer 'opalus' also an excellent choice in this case but all the small Maple are equally suitable. Depending on the available space, it is possible to do a pruning on the Maple trees. It must be a light pruning and it must not disfigure this ornamental tree as it will be seen a long way off.

    For the big garden
    The Acer saccharum, the beautiful varieties of the Acers 'sycamore' and many more can reach tall dimensions. In growing freely, they also reach dimensions which can become huge but they need time. Once planted, they do not need any care. However, you must choose the variety carefully according to your soil's type as some Acers require more coolness during summer.

    Very few enemies
    Acers are not sensitive to a lot of diseases apart from the appearance of black stains on some (The Sycamore in particular). This disease does not require any treatment. Cochineal insects of a certain type, the 'cottonwood maple scale' can attack Acers although they are more often found on Lime trees or on Hydrangeas. These mealy bugs do not put the tree in any danger as they are seasonal: they are mostly found in summer and in dry weather but they disappear by themselves. Finally, on the Acer 'campestre' (more rarely on other Acers), you can rencontre encounter red pustules which there again will not last for more than one year. The Acer is truly a no problem-free tree!
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  • An Acer, for all gardens
    An Acer, for all gardens
    A Japanese maple, in a small urban's garden.
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    An Acer, for all gardens
    An Acer, for all gardens
    Acer 'platanoide' (purple-leaved)
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    An Acer, for all gardens
    An Acer, for all gardens
    An Acer 'campestre' in the autumn.
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    An Acer, for all gardens
    An Acer, for all gardens
    Bark of the Acer 'griseum'
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    An Acer, for all gardens
    An Acer, for all gardens
    Variegated Acer 'negundo'
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    An Acer, for all gardens
    An Acer, for all gardens
    Some Acers reach 20 m!
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