Saturday 10 January 2015

Tree Following January.



The Acer negundo Flamingo in the Oriental Garden is my tree following choice for this year...

December 2014

...the beautiful slate blue grey branches in winter...

December 2014


...are one years growth, I have pollarded this tree for at least the last 10 years...



January 2015

...to maintain a manageable size, the lovely winter stems and wonderful leaf markings (It will sometimes revert to plain green leaves if left to grow full size.)

When you see the leaf markings in the summer you will see the value of pollarding this Acer.

To visit other blogs Tree following click on the link to Lucy Corrander's Blog Loose & Leafy http://looseandleafy.blogspot.co.uk

6 comments:

  1. Interesting choice Brian, I am still to make a choice, there are so many to choose from!

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  2. It is one of my favourite trees in the garden.

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  3. Those winter branches are most attractive Brian. How old is your tree?

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  4. I am not sure Anna, we brought it at a NGS open garden at Bredon, Worcs. It was just a twig in a pot, it must be around 15years old.

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  5. I love the colours of your Acer's bark Brian. I can see I am going to enjoy your posts on this tree.
    I will at some point need to pollard my coral barked maple but had no idea how to do it. Seeing your tree here bare has made it far more clear on how I should prune it.

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  6. I have a newish snake bark acer in the garden which I have decided to pollard this year for the first time. I don't want it to get to big. I do it now in January because the sap rises very early in acres and they can bleed quite severely. ( Maple syrup).

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