Japanese Maple Wood
There are a few japanese maple diseases and several insect problems with japanese maples that you should be aware of to give your tree the care it needs.
Japanese maple wood. Plant your japanese maple in a container to conserve space. Probably a little less than half a cord but for the life of me i can t find anything to tell me how dense this wood is. Scored a fairly large bloodgood maple from my dad. They started me on an odyssey of learning about trees.
Discussion in the wood pile started by dead cutter sep 26 2020. They can also grow in full sun which is six hours or greater. Jan 10 2018 messages. Japanese maple trees can provide a striking focal point be the perfect plant to set off a large container or grow into an impressive bonsai specimen.
Originally i was only considering the dogwood or japanese maple because i didn t think there were any other tress small enough but now i m putting off the decision until at least spring because i really had no idea there were so many different kinds of trees that would work here. There are hundreds of japanese maple varieties that come in various sizes with a large assortment of leaf shapes and colors that range from shades. Its red lacy leaves are a welcome addition to any garden but they aren t problem free. It has deeply divided palmately lobed green leaves that are orange green in spring turning pink to yellow in autumn.
Sugar maple wood often known as hard maple is the wood of choice for bowling pins bowling alley lanes pool cue shafts and butcher s blocks. If the landscape suffers because of the loss of the tree some monetary value can and should be associated. Japanese maple red wood acer palmatum redwood genus. Japanese maples and other specimen trees can be a major focal point and or play an important role in a landscape.
Bloodgood japanese maple trees prefer to grow in partial shade or about four hours of direct unfiltered sunlight per day. Smaller species such as a miniature beni maiko or katsura can be potted in modest sized planters and moved around at will. Bloodgood japanese maple trees are low maintenance adaptable to a wide variety of soil types and able to grow in a range of light conditions. Maple wood is also used for the manufacture of wooden baseball bats though less often than ash or hickory due to the tendency of maple bats to shatter if they do break.
Actual monetary landscape value is completely subjective based on the landscape importance to the property and if there is a. Variety or cultivar red wood red wood is a small deciduous multi stemmed tree with a round head.