Famille
Sapindaceae
Dwarf maple with a wider than high port and small yellow and red colored leaves in spring, then green and finally red yellow in autumn. Height 1.2m.
Classification
Trees and shrubs
Climat
Zone 5: from -29°C to -23°C
Couleur de feuille
Exposition
Sheltered winds
Sunny
Part shade
Hauteur minimum
100cm
Hauteur max
150cm
Encombrement min
100cm
Encombrement max
200cm
Intérêts remarquables
Foliage
Période
In spring
In autumn
Type de sol
Acidic
Neutral
Utilisation au jardin
Bonzai
Parterre
Pot and tray (terrace and balcony)
Rockery
General description
- Origin
- Horticultural production.
- Climate
- It is resistant to -25 ° C.
- Exposure
- Partial shade to full sun, warm location, sheltered from dry winds.
- Soil
- Slightly acidic to slightly calcareous, well drained.
- Growth
- Slow and steady.
- Pathology
- Aphids, beetles which feed on the leaves, phytoplasmas which are bacteria at the origin of the formation of witches' brooms.
- Propagation
- By grafting.
- Pruning
- Usually size is not necessary. But, this maple is easy to guide and cut to obtain the desired shape. Pruning is practiced at the end of the fall, possibly to remove dead wood.
- Use
- This dwarf tree is appreciated for its graphic qualities with a picturesque, stocky and well branched habit. It is well suited to the edge of flowerbeds, in rockeries or for growing in pots.
- Note
- It is regularly seen in specialized nurserymen
General physiology
- Dimensions
- Height 1 to 1.2m and width up to 1.5m.
- Habit
- Small dwarf tree with graphic trunk and branches, often tortured with age. The crown, often wider than it is tall, forms a regular and dense oval sphere.
- Bark
- Brown to greenish, smooth.
Leaves
- Shape
- Small, opposite, simple, palmate leaves: 5 to 7 entire lobes, pointed, with finely toothed margin. They are 3 to 5cm long and wide. Elegant star leaves.
- Colour
- Intense green, shiny sometimes bordered with purple. On new shoots, they are yellow with a red border. Bronze to red in fall, with undertones of yellow and orange.
- Buds
- Small red and pointed buds, they measure from 2 to 4mm.
- Note
- Deciduous foliage.
Flowers
- Flowering time
- They appear at the same time as the leaves in March-April.
April-May. - Shape
- Small 2cm corym with 10 to 15 flowers.
- Colour
- Red to crimson red.
Fruits
- Shape
- Winged bisamares forming an obtuse angle up to 180 °. The wingspan of the fruit easily reaches 3cm.
- Colour
- Green then red.
- Seeds
- Round to oval, pointed at the end, strongly ribbed shell, pink tinged with green. 6 to 8mm long.