The Japanese Maple Guide

Japanese Maple Guide update

John — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:18:35 +0000

The Japanese maple guide hasn’t been updated for a while now; unfortunately family matters and other projects have taken up all my time. The decks have now been cleared as it were and I shall ...

Japanese maple questions and answers – 4a

John — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:53:14 +0000

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 ...

Japanese maple questions and answers – 4

John — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:47:44 +0000

Japanese maple question: What is killing my Japanese Maple? The leaves started dying this summer, half were withered up and the other half remained healthy. I thought maybe the problem was abating, but now most ...

Aphid damage to a Japanese maple

John — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:46:07 +0000

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 ...

Growing a Japanese maple in a papercrete pot

John — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:56:53 +0000

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 ...

Potting mixes for a Japanese maple – peat based

John — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:55:15 +0000

Potting mixes for a Japanese maple can use a wide range of materials but they must have one essential attribute – good drainage. Peat based potting mixes, of the type that’s commomly available in ...

Japanese maple questions and answers – 3

John — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:14:30 +0000

Japanese maple question: I am about to plant a standard Acer palmatum Dissectum, pot grown until now. It will be next to separate planting areas for green Bamboo and French Lavender – the contrast looks ...

Eliminate stress with a Japanese maple

John — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:40:18 +0000

Eliminating stress is something that most of us try to achieve and the author of the JapanesePod101 blog finds Japanese maples wonderfully calming and has planted two in her garden. Certainly, I find many people ...

Japanese maple questions and answers – 2

John — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:45:35 +0000

Japanese maple question: I have an inherited collection of Japanese maples. They vary in age (7 – 20 years) and type and I have been told that they have all been re-potted (3 – 5 ...

Growing a potted Japanese maple in a hot climate

John — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:51:21 +0000

Growing a potted Japanese maple in a hot climate raises problems over and above that caused by the potential stress of a hot summer. As I mentioned in leaf scorch on a Japanese maple, raising ...