Further information regarding Japanese maple question no.4 has been received (re-printed below) and I’ll clarify all the points raised.
I think this was the second summer that I had the trees. I put them in these …
This category covers container cultivation and all general articles about Japanese maples that don’t fall into any other section.
Aspects of cultivation that are applicable to both Japanese maples in containers and those in the ground.
This category is primarily for information on Japanese maples in the ground.
A section devoted to pests and diseases of Japanese maples plus appropriate prevention and cure.
Everything related to pruning and shaping a Japanese maple.
Growing a Japanese maple in a papercrete pot is no different to using any other pot, but papercrete, like hypertufa, has the advantage of allowing any shape to be made. Troughs and other similar patterns …
Further information regarding Japanese maple question no.4 has been received (re-printed below) and I’ll clarify all the points raised.
I think this was the second summer that I had the trees. I put them in these …
Leaf scorch on a Japanese maple is caused by a number of factors, most of which are easily rectified. The signs usually start to appear in late spring or early summer as temperatures rise and, …
Suitable garden soils for a Japanese maple range from pure peat to chalk, limestone, heavy clay and everything in between. As I explain here, the alkalinity or otherwise of the soil is not the determining …
Although aphid damage to a Japanese maple occurs in spring, as seen on the example of Taiyo nishiki here, the origins of any attack occur in late summer/early autumn. Generally, if they are noticed at …
How not to prune a Japanese maple would be a more accurate title of the video above that I recently came across on Youtube. The biggest mistake is pruning in the summer, the second worst …
