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15-05-2010, 09:09 PM
|  | Active Member | | Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: West Yorkshire
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| | | Positioning Japanese maple
I've recently purchased a beautiful Japanese maple ( acer palmatum ) tree. It's about 3 to 4 feet high and it's to live in a pot outside the front my house. Unfortunately the house faces south east and everything I've read seems to advise to keep the tree out of full sun and high winds ( which we do get around here ) The pot is a bit too heavy for me to keep moving it around and there is really nowhere else to position it. It seems to be doing fine at the moment with lots of new growth. Will it suffer do you think?. I'd hate to lose it. |
16-05-2010, 08:10 AM
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| | | Re: Positioning Japanese maple
Have 2 acer in pots.One is about 7 years old the other 3 years old.Both in pots on patio.They both face north but a little shelter of east wind as by wall and next to greenhouse.Still get a lot of wind all year round as on a hill crest overlooking a valley.I water them regular when doing all plants.Have got pebbles on top of compost/soil as blackbirds disturb it looking for food. |
16-05-2010, 02:46 PM
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| | | Re: Positioning Japanese maple
Could you perhaps shelter it with a trellis framework on base blocks? A climber like clematis or honeysuckle to help out?
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16-05-2010, 03:05 PM
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| | | Re: Positioning Japanese maple
Mmm they really don't like wind. I used to lose them frequently (as I could only afford to buy the small ones) due mainly to the dogs eating them (go figure!), but before they got the chomp the leaves always turned white & raggedy. I've now a palmatum growing in the corner of my front garden which faces W but I've planted it in the SW corner in the crook of the hedge. It gets plenty of light, but not full sun & it's sheltered from wind by the hedge (& the dogs can't get into the front garden!). So far so good, I've had it two years now, it survived the harsh winter & it's getting quite sturdy now.
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16-05-2010, 08:21 PM
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| | | Re: Positioning Japanese maple
Thanks for the advice. Unfortunately there is nowhere I can provide shelter at the front. I think my only option would be to put it at the rear of the house so's the house will shade from the sun for part of the day. Shame tho' as it's pretty steep up there and I could only really look at the tree from the bedrooms!
With hindsight, I'd probably have opted for a tree which enjoys full sun and can tolerate winds. But they are so beautiful, I couldn't resist. | | |
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