Japanese Maple Grafting
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Japanese maple grafting. Grafting techniques for lace leaf maple tree. I have always liked its tachiagari. I take you step by step through the entire grafting process. These woody ornamental trees.
Growing japanese maple cultivars from seed is difficult since the tree s flowers openly pollinate this means that they accept pollen from most other maples in the area. As potentially one of the most desired ornamental trees the japanese maple acer palmatum boasts a wide variety of characteristics as seen in figure 1 leaf color ranges from yellow to deep purple and leaf shapes range from more palm like to thinner and almost feathery. In order to graft your own japanese maple tree you ll need a few supplies as well as a japanese maple seedling that you can use as a root stock. The main area i have struggled with is lower back branches.
Although the japanese maple acer palmatum can be propagated in multiple ways grafting is the primary method of propagating and is generally successful in producing a mature attractive tree. Multiple lace leaf maple acer palmatum spp cultivars exist all stemming from the japanese maple acer palmatum. Thread grafting a mame japanese maple. I ve had this little japanese maple for 14 years.
Given this you can never be certain that the resulting seedling will have the. Growing japanese maple from seed is actually quite easy to do. Japanese maple falls into this category. This is a how to video on grafting japanese maples.
In this video i graft a crimson queen dwarf. Grafting is a very old method of reproducing plants especially those that are difficult to grow from seed and cuttings. I separated the trees many years ago and have continued to work on this tree as a mame bonsai. Most japanese maples including the laceleaf types are grafted in this video.
I ve had this little japanese maple for 14 years. So this year i took the step of thread grafting a lower back branch. It has a beautiful line just above the nebari and up. It was originally set in a two tree setting and the smaller of the two.
Thread grafting a japanese maple. Grafting is done during the winter months when the scion wood is completely dormant. Propagation of japanese maples by grafting both red leaf and green leaf types.