These beautiful decorative deciduous trees are very popular in landscape design today. There are many types of decorative maple. Most of them are thermophilic, so they do not winter in Central Russia. But in recent years, frost-resistant varieties have also been bred, which, with proper care, develop well and grow for many years. We will introduce you to one of them in this article.
False Sibold Maple: Description
One of the rarest varieties belonging to the genus Acer, Sapindaceae family. Maple of false sibolds in natural conditions is found in Korea, Primorye, Northeast China. Currently, due to its outstanding decorative characteristics, it is bred in many countries, including Russia, mainly in the southern regions.
Pseudosybold maple is very beautiful in spring, until the pinkish-red, bright integumentary scales of leaf buds have fallen, which have just released folded young leaves.
But this tree is especially impressive in autumn, when the leaves change the gamut of tones several times in a short period and finally acquire fiery scarlet colors, creatingthe illusion of a blazing fire.
The maple of false sibolds is unusually good also during flowering. At this time, white-red inflorescences, fixed on dark red long petioles, hang from under the horizontally outstretched leaves. The exquisite beauty of this maple has made it a coveted garden plant. Landscape design experts recommend it for single plantings, as well as for group plantings and creating original compositional groups.
This is one of the most ornamental maples with finely cut green palmate foliage. She is very beautiful. Up to half of the sheet plate is dissected. The diameter of the leaves is up to ten centimeters. The blades can be broadly rhombic or triangular. Young leaves are pubescent on both sides, then they become completely smooth. The trunk is covered with light gray bark, young shoots are greenish or reddish, with a slight bluish bloom.
Flowers
The flowers are large, yellowish-white with large purple sepals twice the size of the petals. Ten to twenty flowers are collected in racemose inflorescences with pubescent axes. Flowering occurs after the leaves open and continues for fifteen days. At the beginning of maturation, lionfish are painted in pinkish-red tones, later they change their color to yellowish-brown.
The root system of the false sibold maple is deep, very sensitive to soil compaction, it tolerates transplantation well. livesand in the conditions of the city maple of false sibolds. In the Moscow region, it reaches a height of no more than six meters. Despite good winter hardiness, it can freeze slightly at very low temperatures. Grows well in soils with good drainage.
Reproduction
This type of maple is propagated by cuttings, seeds, and most decorative forms - by grafting (pulling or budding). If you want to grow this unusually beautiful tree on your site, you can use seeds. Under natural conditions, as they fall, they undergo natural stratification in winter and germinate in summer.
False silbold maple sheds fruit at the end of August. They are collected and sown in the ground. If autumn planting is not planned, they are stored in a glass, cloth or polyethylene container in a cool room, at a temperature not exceeding +10 ° C and at a humidity of 15%. Before sowing in the spring, they are stratified in wet sand for one to two months at +15-20°С.
To stimulate the germination of seeds, they are soaked for three days before sowing in hydrogen peroxide. In the first half of May, sown seeds are sown in beds to a depth of no more than three centimeters. The false sibold maple produces the first shoots in about three weeks. By the end of the first year, shoots grow up to eighty centimeters. They should be weeded, loosened and watered. After planting, the trunk circles should be mulched with peat with a layer of five centimeters. A young tree is transplanted to a permanent place at the age of one to three years.
False Sibold Maple:planting and care
Because growing maple from seeds is a long process, seedlings are more commonly used. Landing is done in spring or autumn. The distance between plants is from two to four meters (single planting), and two meters is enough for a hedge. Planting hole should be 50 x 50 x 70 cm.
Root neck can be slightly deepened or remain at ground level. If groundwater is close to your site and it is swampy, then drainage should include gravel, sand with a layer of at least twenty centimeters. The bottom of the landing pit must be well loosened. To do this, they stick a pitchfork into it and swing them back and forth with force.
If, during planting, full mineral fertilizer was not applied to the planting pit, then next year in the spring, top dressing should be carried out with the following composition (based on 1 square meter):
- urea - 40 g;
- potassium s alts - 15-25g;
- superphosphate - 50g
When loosening and watering in the summer, Kemira-universal is applied at the rate of 100 g per 1 m².
Irrigation
False Sibold Maple is a moisture-loving plant. In the dry season, it is watered once a week - fifteen liters per tree. After planting, a double rate is required. Loosen the soil while weeding or immediately after watering to prevent soil compaction.
Diseases and pests
False sibold maple is especially often affected by coral spotting. ATIn this case, some branches die off, the bark is covered with red small convex spots-pustules. Affected branches should be removed immediately, the cuts should be carefully covered with garden pitch, and the used cutting tool should be thoroughly disinfected.
Maple whitefly is another serious disease that can threaten this species of maple. It is necessary to spray with a 0.1% solution of "Atellica" or "Amophos". Maple mealybug is treated by spraying, which is carried out before bud break. The drug "Nitrafen" (3%) is used, and in the summer the tree should be treated with "Karbofos" (0.1%).
Use
False Sibold Maple is a very bright and spectacular ornamental plant. The pattern of openwork leaves, their original shape, unique autumn color, fruits and inflorescences of unusual shape and color, complex bark pattern attract the attention of owners of country houses and garden plots to it. Even this one tree will change your site beyond recognition. Pairs beautifully with softwoods.
