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Japanese maples

fastfeat

By fastfeat
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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fastfeat Grand Master

fastfeat

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Again, not tropical, but...

These grow with such ease in the NE and mid-Atlantic region, mainly due to the acid soil.

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SoCal and SoFla; zone varies by location.

'Home is where the heart suitcase is'...

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"If, as they say, there truly is no rest for the wicked, how can the Devil's workshop be filled with idle hands?"

buccaneers37 Mentor

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I love all maples, especially Japanese Maples. I was up in Chicago 4 years ago on vacation and they have some gorgeous Crimson Queens, along with several other varieties, downtown. I have wanted one of these trees for about 12-15 years but nobody sells them south of Atlanta it seems. Everyone tells me they won’t live. Well, the zone pusher that I am (I can push “down” as well as “up”!), I bought a fairly god sized Tamukeyama Red Lace leaf Japanese Maple online last May or so from a nursery in North Carolina. Because of the heat down here, he didn’t ship it to me until the end of January. I built an elevated planter out of railroad ties, 3 high, for it. It is in the shade of an oak tree and gets morning sun. John Hurter (the man I bought it from) said that this variety should do well where I live when planted in afternoon shade. It still has nice color right now and it has been 90 deg. & high humidity. I will post a couple of pictures when I get my camera back.

Wayne

52% 9B / 42% 10A / 6% "Other"

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epicure3 Grand Master

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I had 3 200+ year old Sugar Maples on my Pound Ridge, NY property. All of them were cabled to keep the leaders from breaking off. Ice storm destroyed one of them. Which nearly went through the house. They are beautiful trees.

Coastal San Diego, California

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warm summer/mild winter

JASON M Experienced

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I have a Japanese Maple in my backyard, it's very cool.

Milwaukee, WI to Ocala, FL

DoomsDave Grand Master

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Again, not tropical, but...

These grow with such ease in the NE and mid-Atlantic region, mainly due to the acid soil.

Maple1.jpg

Maple2.jpg

DSC00253.jpg

They grow great in Cleveland, too.

And, some will also grow here. Go and get my camera and take a few pix . . . .

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DoomsDave Grand Master

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I had 3 200+ year old Sugar Maples on my Pound Ridge, NY property. All of them were cabled to keep the leaders from breaking off. Ice storm destroyed one of them. Which nearly went through the house. They are beautiful trees.

They are glorious, and abundant in northeast Ohio, especially near Chardon which has a maple syrup biz like in Vermont. Love the taste, and love love love the way they light up in a bower of golden yellow in the fall. GLORIOUS!

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Trópico Grand Master

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Nice! I have two that I brought with me from New York. They struggled the first year but loved this past winter.

What are those pinkish bushes in the first picture?

Frank

 

Zone 9b pine flatlands

humid/hot summers; dry/cool winters

with yearly freezes

fastfeat Grand Master

fastfeat

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Nice! I have two that I brought with me from New York. They struggled the first year but loved this past winter.

What are those pinkish bushes in the first picture?

Frank--

Those are deciduous azaleas (Rhododendron sp.) They come in pinks, reds, lavenders, white and are very prevalent there.

SoCal and SoFla; zone varies by location.

'Home is where the heart suitcase is'...

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"If, as they say, there truly is no rest for the wicked, how can the Devil's workshop be filled with idle hands?"

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