How tall can you make a dissectum japanese maple?
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Comments (5)As you can see, I'm in even a colder zone...I have had a Japanese Maple planted directly in the ground for 5 years, it has always come back like a charm. Very slow grower, but I don't mind because it's just off my front stoop...someday, perhaps it will shade the stoop gracefully, but I'm in no hurry. I do have hostas growing in its territory, but then, my whole front yard is maple tree territory, as I have 4 HUGE maples across my property. Unknowingly, I planted a hosta garden all the way across the front of the house, right under and just off the maple dripline. The hostas directly at the dripline did diminish on about the 5th year, as did some lilies. However, the ones 8 feet from the dripline are doing just fine. I'm not moving the garden or changing it. I just keep putting young ones in there and watering. When I have my garden plant sales (to pay for this habit), I pull the med sized hostas right out of that bed for the folks. It works pretty well, actually. I guess you could just call it my nursery! And a pretty one, at that!...See Moredwarf japanese maple not growing tall
Comments (3)If a suitable centrally located branch is selected and trained vertically up a secure stake (inserted without smashing through/barking any major roots) much greater height can be rapidly developed. If each flush of growth for the one stem is tied in then every time there is a flush the specimen will then be that much taller. I've got an unstaked one planted in the 1960's that may just recently have gotten above waist height. New branches come out and then lay down on top of the others. Increase in height is accomplished by the branches building up gradually in layers....See Moretwo feet tall Japanese maple
Comments (7)Yeah, but they don't stay that way :-) My Hupps Dwarf (which Davidsans says only gets to be about 1' after 10 years) is already about 3.5' tall and I've only had it a couple of years. It was already a decent size (at least 24" tall) when I got it. A great many JM's grow much faster than most folks expect and the mature sizes are only guestimates. My other dwarfs have already exceeded some listed sizes. IMO, the best JM's to maintain at a very low height are weeping dissectums with a very low graft. Since they are not inclined to grow upright, they seldom put on much height. I am very hesitant to suggest to prune any JM to maintain a specific size. It's not really a good reason for pruning any kind of tree and JM's require minimal pruning anyway. Really just to thin the canopy a bit or enhance the growth habit. But I would not attempt to control size by pruning. Unless you are a very skilled pruner, the outcome will not be pretty....See MoreCan you recommend a dwarf Japanese Maple?
Comments (22)Planting top grafted weeping trees and then giving them salad bowl haircuts that defeat the weeping habit that is a lot of the point of planting them in the first place is a common practice not limited to weeping lace-leaf maples. Scalping the trunks of young, conical evergreen plants like hollies and various conifers that often do not have particularly attractive bark also seems to be a favorite form of malpruning. I have seen the amusing term Calgary palm used for Colorado spruces so mishandled in Alberta plantings. https://www.plantamnesty.org/4-dont-s...See Morealley_cat_gw_7b
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