Maple Japanese - a beautiful decoration in the house

Japanese maple is a beautiful ornamental plant that has a beautiful color of leaves in the summer - from different shades of green to yellow, brown or reddish. In autumn, these trees are simply amazing with magnificent outfits. Combination Decorative form of leaves, beautiful crown and indescribable color creates a magnificent spectacle.

Under the general name of "maple Japanese" hides plants of two types: Acer japonicum and Acer palmatum. Plants of the first species are small trees originally from Japan. They have a different type of crown, the size and type of foliage. Foliage in summer has different shades of green , in autumn it is colored in numerous tones of yellow and red, some varieties have a violet color. We have on sale these plants are very rare. More widely spread in our country was Acer palmatum - maple glandular or Fan-shaped. There are more than thousand varieties of this species. All of them are divided into subgroups in height, crown shape and foliage. Plants of this species in the adult state can be as several tens of centimeters in height, and 7-8 meters. They differ in the type of crown. It can be weeping, spreading, spherical, vertical, umbrella. Leaves can have from five to eleven blades. Many of the varieties have young leaves of a completely different color (pink, purple, beige, etc.), which gives the plant an even more decorative appearance.

Maple Japanese will also bring aesthetic pleasure and during flowering. It has bright violet-red flowers that appear before the foliage dissolves. Ripe lionfish always hang under leaves, sometimes they They have a light edge.

The conditions of our winters maple Japanese is extremely bad. These plants have tried to acclimatize even in the time of Tsarist Russia, then botanical gardens of the USSR and, finally, numerous gardeners of modern Russia were engaged in this issue. Unfortunately, this species is considered to be unpromising for breeding in the middle belt. You can buy a Japanese maple, but you will need to grow it in a pot and put it in a covered greenhouse or veranda, on a balcony, in any cool Cold) room. Varieties of maple Japanese, which can be planted in a pot, quite a lot. If you consider that the cost of a small plant is comparable to the cost of a good bouquet of flowers, then you can afford such a luxury.

The new dwarf Shaina grows up to 1.5 meters in the adult state. It has a dense dissected crown, the leaves in autumn are carmine-red. This kind will feel great in a container or pots. The unusual foliage of the Wilson's Pink Dwarf maple has a spring color of a pink flamingo, and in the fall - from red to light orange. This plant in its adult form can have a height of up to 1.4 meters, is excellent for growing in pots or containers.

Such varieties of Japanese maple are still many, they all have an attractive appearance. If you are willing to give them a little attention, they will please you with an unusual color and decorative form from early spring to late autumn. And even without foliage, such a tree may well become the center of an interesting exposition, the main thing is a desire and a little imagination.