Bare Root Mature Acer Campestre Field Maple Tree Options
60-90cm: 1 year old, 60-90cm tall.
100cm+: 1 year maiden, 100-150cm tall.
Girth 6-8cm: On average 180-240cm, standard or feathered tree (confirm at checkout). We can only guarantee girth.
Girth 8-10cm: On average 240-300cm, standard or feathered tree (confirm at checkout). We can only guarantee girth.
200-250cm: Feathered tree .
Bare Root mature Acer Campestre Field Maple Tree
A compact shape and ultimate height of around 20m and 15m wide although it may stop growing at 12 x 8 depending on local conditions. Suitable for hedging, pollution/drought/compaction tollerant, RHS Award of Garden Merit, medium to fast growing at 40+cm per year, provides food for Wild life, recognisable winged fruits, yellow to green flowers and foliage arrive together, popular parks and gardens tree and cork like bark when mature.
The leaves are dark green and shiny with 5 lobes with rounded teeth. Strong autumnal colours lean more towards yellow before falling
live for up to 350 years.
Planting Bare Root Mature Acer Campestre Field Maple Tree
Plant in a full sun or partial shade position in fertile and well draining soil in a location that doesn't get below minus 20 degrees centigrade. Acer Campestre Field Maple will tolerate most soil conditions to include sand, clay, loam and chalk. If you have a particularly heavy clay soil then consider mixing well rotted manure or compost into the excavated soil. A ratio of 50:50 will be ideal. Poorly draining soils will cause the tree to struggle and best results are to be found on neutral to alkaline soils.
Remove any competing weeds and other plants within 100cm of your Acer Campestre Field Maple planting spot. Dig a hole as deep as your pot but break up the bottom 5-10 cm to allow the roots to spread a little easier. The purists will tell you to make the hole square to reduce the chances of the roots spiralling round, this is your choice. Make the hole wider than the pot, this is to follow the same principle as breaking up the bottom. Try and plant so the top of the rootball soil is level with the garden soil as you need to avoid bark that was previously exposed to air being buried. If you go too deep, you can always make the top slightly "dished" by having the outer edges higher than the middle.
Water well after planting, at least 20 litres spread around the whole root system. If planting in Summer, especially long hot ones, regular watering will be important. If the soil is dry for the top 10cm or so, it will be time to water.
Keeping nearby weeds down for the first few seasons will help the young Acer Campestre Field Maple and this can be achieved with manual removal, mulching, decorative stones, agricultural matting or glyphosate (weed killer).
Pruning Bare Root Mature Acer Campestre Field Maple Tree
Major pruning for this tree should be done between October and December and very light pruning in June. The seasoned gardener may think the dormant period is November to March and start hacking away but the sap starts to rise early Winter hence the specific pruning time frame.
The issue from pruning outside these times is that sap levels are high and bleeding can be an issue. It is always best to prune when you are expecting a few days of dry weather as this aids in the pruning cut healing and reducing the ingress of infection. You should always cut out dead, diseased or crossed over branches in either of the time frames listed.
If you are going to remove a large branch, it is best to do this in stages. This is because you do not want the branch to be cut almost all the way through and for it to then fall and tear bark off the tree. Removing smaller chunks will reduce the risk of this happening. On the final stage, make your first cut from underneath, this also reduces the risk of bark tearing away.
Other Information That Might Be Interesting About Bare Root Mature Acer Campestre Field Maple Tree
Branches hung around a doorway thought to stop bats entering.
You can use the sap to make syrup.
Field maple produces the hardest, highest-density timber of all European maples. It is a warm, creamy-brown colour with a silky shine. Traditional uses include wood-turning and carving. Its wood is also popular for making musical instruments, particularly harps.
Medieval superstition said that if you passed a maple branch over a child, it would remove all traces of witchcraft.
Middle ages it was used for making musical instruments.
Somewhere Between Dull And Useful Information About Acer Campestre Field Maple
As with most Maple trees the sap can be used to make Maple Syrup.
Most Maple trees are long lived and the Acer Campestre can get to 350 years. If you look at the initial purchase price of representing around £0.20p a year then it seems you have quite the bargain!
Of all the Maples, Acer Campestre produces the hardest density of all European Maples and is often used for turning, flooring, carving and musical instruments.
Have good drainage as water and no sun is the start of algae and other issues.
Planting In The Corner Of A Garden
Air and light is reduced in this location which could promote fungus and bacterial issues. If the corner is of the house and a fence then you also have leeching issues to contend with from cement and wood preservatives. Also when it rains, that area would experience higher water levels so we advise against it unless the plant is very hardy.
