Advice on Japanese Maples and Potential Squirrel Damage

Hello, I am planning to get Japanese maples for my garden. I am particularly drawn towards a fast-growing variety called “Seiryu.” and maybe some smaller purple-leaf varieties. However, I’ve learned recently that squirrels have the habit of stripping the bark…

Ailing Japanese maples

WE have two japanese maples in our front garden that appear to be ailing this year. It is fairly windy here but the trees typically are very healthy. We don’t see any insects on the leaves but it appears something…

Japanese maples

hi im looking to buy j. maples seedlings and im having a hard time finding them would you have or know who does sell j.maples in ont…

Pruning Japanese Maples

Good morning, we live in East York (St. Clair and O’connor area) and have a 7-8 year old Japanese Maple in our front yard, western exposure. We want to prune it’s heigth and are wonder if now (April 7th, 2019)…

Weeping Japanese Maples*

Hi I hope you can help me. I live in Toronto and I have a small garden full of mid-height flowers, such as daisies, tulips, phloxes… Japanese weeping maple looks good when displayed prominently. I am trying to determine if…

Growing Japanese Maples: A Toronto Master Gardeners Guide

  Did you know? There are many cultivars of Japanese maple, most of which grow only in Japan and surrounding areas. This gardening guide deals with those that are hardy in North America. Acer palmatum and A. japonicum include 250…

Japanese maple bark peeling

I looked through all of the posts on Japanese maples with peeling bark, but was still not sure. My Japanese maple is about 15+ years old on the north side of our house in sandy soil. As you can see…

Ukon Acer Palmatum ‘Shania’ Japense Maples Height & Sun Req’t

My gardner has purchased 2 of these maples for my front facing house (south exposure) Google search websites https://www.gardenia.net/plant/acer-palmatum-shaina-japanese-maple states: 1) This Maple is max 4-6 ft however my gardner is telling me that it will grow taller as it…