Lighting: | Flowering maples enjoy the sun - give them at least four hours of direct sunlight daily. |
Temperature: | A warm weather plant which can be easily grown indoors. It prefers daytime temperatures of 60-72F, but prefers cool nights of 50-55F. |
Watering: | Flowering maples like moist conditions as houseplants. |
Feeding: | Once monthly, with indoor plant food. |
Repotting: | Haven't the foggiest. Help! I'm also not sure whether bonsai soil would be a help or hindrance, as these plants do fine in ordinary potting soil. |
Styling: | Usually maintained through pruning, but I can't see why wiring wouldn't work, as long as care was taken to protect the branches. |
Propagation: | Through seeds, cuttings in spring. |
Pests etc.: | Spider mites, whiteflies, aphids. |
Flowering Maple: I recently became aware that the Flowering Maple comes in a range of colors and would like to know of places I can obtain them. I live in New England and have an orange (red supposedly) flowering maple and have tremendous success with it. It has been knocked over and broken in half and still thriving. I have found that in the Northeast this lovely plant loves alternating weeks of water and fertilizing. Additiionally, up here it will only tolerate dryness for one to two days. This is a great plant for people who tend to overwater.
Flowering Maple: I recently became aware that the Flowering Maple comes in a range of colors and would like to know of places I can obtain them. I live in New England and have an orange (red supposedly) flowering maple and have tremendous success with it. It has been knocked over and broken in half and still thriving. I have found that in the Northeast this lovely plant loves alternating weeks of water and fertilizing. Additiionally, up here it will only tolerate dryness for one to two days. This is a great plant for people who tend to overwater.
Flowering Maple: I recently became aware that the Flowering Maple comes in a range of colors and would like to know of places I can obtain them. I live in New England and have an orange (red supposedly) flowering maple and have tremendous success with it. It has been knocked over and broken in half and still thriving. I have found that in the Northeast this lovely plant loves alternating weeks of water and fertilizing. Additiionally, up here it will only tolerate dryness for one to two days. This is a great plant for people who tend to overwater.
I, live in the bay area. (SF,CA.)anmd right now all the flowering maples are in bloom. Yellow,white,pinks, oranges/yellow mix.Some small ,some very tall and the one that I'm trying to bonsaii a light creamy /creamcycle orange, that has very small flower/leaves and a great curve on the 1/2 girth trunk.I have it outside, full exposion but never so far as 80 degrees. Tends to dry out . and it's still in the 1gal container. Bob
I live in Jacksonville Florida and have four different colors. They are very easy to propogate from cuttings. I grow them outside in partial shade and they over winter here. However it does dye back to the ground. It gets about 8-10 feet tall and blooms all summer until frost which here comes in late Dec.- Jan.
Had one and loved it but it died. Am trying to find a source in Eastern Mass. where I may purchase a tree (4'+) sized version to replace my old one.
Dear Tree faq, I was wondering if you had any idea on what the fertilizaton practices are for the flowering maple. My flowering maple is currently in my room and receives medium sunlight. I was wondering if their is any type of lamp or bulb I can put in my light to allow it to grow better. Christopher Maras
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