American Red Maple Bonsai

Also called swamp maple a.
American red maple bonsai. Mike kincaid 24 590 views. It is a tree to 90 feet plus 30 m usually smaller. Also called swamp maple carolina red maple and scarlet maple red maple acer rubrum grows best in u s. Rubrum in nature is a tree 60 to 75 feet tall.
Palmatum including thread leaf and lace leaf varieties and both green and red varieties. Also japanese red maple is a common name for certain acer palmatum and acer rubrum just red maple in the latter case. American maple 10 black maple 1 red maple 4 sugar maple 2 amur maple 1 japanese maple 5 atropurpureum 3 crimson queen 2 trident maple 1 other bonsai seeds 121 abies fir seeds 4 alder seeds 2 birch seeds 4 boxwood seeds 4 camellia seeds 4 cedar seeds 4 chinese hackberry seeds 2 cypress seeds 4 desert rose 6. The bark on young branches and trunks is usually green may be red on some varieties and turns brown or light gray with age.
In training since 1960. There are many different varieties of a. Can you germinate dry japanese maple seeds and when is the best time to pick them. The red varieties seem to be more popular as bonsai.
I show how i partially defoliate my american red maple forest. Bw the species acer rubrum is commonly known as the red maple swamp maple or florida maple. This species acer rubrum is locally abundant in the fakahatchee which is far south in the everglades so a locally sourced one will do great in any part of central fl. American red maple acer rubrum general information.
This bonsai is trained in the cascade style in which the tree is trained to imitate those growing from the side of a cliff. I cut back leaves half leaves and trim the overall profile of the forest. The seeds can be sown at any time of year. If you have any questions leave a comment.
Young trees are often pyramidal or elliptical and are fast growers with strong wood. Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 3 or 4 through 9 making it a versatile. Instead of growing upward toward the sun the trunk and branches are pulled downward by gravity. The red maple makes a vibrant and colourful bonsai silver birch is a fantastic tree to learn with and mountain pine an evergreen with rounded spread and dark green foliage.
He lives in tallahassee and is intimately familiar with native southern species for use as bonsai particularly red maple and bald cypress.