Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Japanese Coral Bark Maple Seedlings

 

Japanese Coral Bark Maple Seedlings

You're going to think I'm crazy, maybe not if you know me. I discovered my Japanese Coral Bark Maple tree after 10 years has produced an abundance of seed. They are germinating in the moist raised beds I have. the original tree started out as a one foot plant and not is over 8 feet tall. 

Today I noticed a bunch of seeds on the deck. I proceeded to get a container, use my cane with double sided sticky back tape and picked each one up individually to put in the container. I am going to try and germinate them and hopefully sell seedlings to defray the cost of food and medical bills.


This is the golden fall color for this maple. The rest of the year the leaves are a light green color which contrasts nicely with evergreen shrubs. The new growth of the branches is coral and later it develops a darker hue similar to all maple trees. This tree is very hardy for our Northeast Georgia mountains. The other day I drove by the Young Harris College campus and turned right and in the middle of the turn around was a beautiful burgundy red Japanese maple. Everyone should have at least one Japanese maple in their garden. If you happen to like them, plant a bunch of them. A Japanese maple tree will never disappoint.

2 comments:

  1. Beautiful things. If I lived closer I would definitely buy one of those seedlings.

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    1. Hi Sue, thanks, guess what I discovered they are not from my coral bark, they are from a native maple, whoa is me

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