BobbyLane
Imperial Masterpiece
Hi folks, i saw there was a lot of talk about maples lately, but this isnt a thread to say its ok to chop a maple whenever, this is more about what can be achieved with Field maple, Acer campestre in UK climate where the tree is native. this tree behaves a lot differently in Uk climate, so anything done with this species, shouldnt be applied to j maple unless you know what you're doing.
Just a short story in photos of this tree i bought around 3 seasons ago. think it went in the ground around spring 2016, could of been 2015
straight away i decided to chop it and it went straight into a growing bed
2017-08-22_06-46-39 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
2017-08-22_06-47-00 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
that summer it just grew and grew
Field maple by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
that autumn
20180222_131003 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
20180222_131051 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
20180222_131110 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
summer 2018
20180930_132007 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
thats pretty impressive development in the base
20180930_132215 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
i had a look at it earlier and decided to hack it back, it literally took over my patch and crowds out other trees,
so this cut back was more about getting in, getting on my hands n knees and visualising the next steps
20181207_161948 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
ive left some reserve, but in spring ill probably go in and do this
20181207_154858 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
Field maple is extremely vigorous and hardy in UK climate, i dont get any issues with the leaves like i do on my trident which has been a love hate affair.
the other option that interests me is to keep two subtrunks and do something like this,
taken from this blog
http://silvanaturalis.blogspot.com/search?q=maple
Just a short story in photos of this tree i bought around 3 seasons ago. think it went in the ground around spring 2016, could of been 2015
straight away i decided to chop it and it went straight into a growing bed
2017-08-22_06-46-39 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
2017-08-22_06-47-00 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
that summer it just grew and grew
Field maple by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
that autumn
20180222_131003 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
20180222_131051 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
20180222_131110 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
summer 2018
20180930_132007 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
thats pretty impressive development in the base
20180930_132215 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
i had a look at it earlier and decided to hack it back, it literally took over my patch and crowds out other trees,
so this cut back was more about getting in, getting on my hands n knees and visualising the next steps
20181207_161948 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
ive left some reserve, but in spring ill probably go in and do this
20181207_154858 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
Field maple is extremely vigorous and hardy in UK climate, i dont get any issues with the leaves like i do on my trident which has been a love hate affair.
the other option that interests me is to keep two subtrunks and do something like this,
taken from this blog
http://silvanaturalis.blogspot.com/search?q=maple
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