Japanese Maple growth
Martin105
Posts: 15
in Fruit & veg
Hi again
I have had this Japanese maple Orange Dream for about 3 years and always in a container. My main concern is the spindly erratic growth that is mostly outwards rather than up. This may just be because of its position in my back yard, where it only really gets the sun in the late afternoon. According to this plants info and pictures, it should be growing more upright than it is at the moment. Sent in a single image to highlight this
Pruning of acers seems to depend on which information you want to believe, as there are lots of opinions, which range from not to prune, to heavy pruning. Most however do not recommend pruning at this time of the year, so best left to late winter. But you can see from my specimen, that the temptation to control this growth is strong
If it just need re-positioning to catch a bit more sun, then I can put off the pruning until the proper time
Just like your opinions as to best procedure. Does not look like it in the image, but its beginning to command quite a bit of space, with all the new growth
My instinct is to cut back all the sideways growth, and trim the top, but for now that is on hold
I have had this Japanese maple Orange Dream for about 3 years and always in a container. My main concern is the spindly erratic growth that is mostly outwards rather than up. This may just be because of its position in my back yard, where it only really gets the sun in the late afternoon. According to this plants info and pictures, it should be growing more upright than it is at the moment. Sent in a single image to highlight this
Pruning of acers seems to depend on which information you want to believe, as there are lots of opinions, which range from not to prune, to heavy pruning. Most however do not recommend pruning at this time of the year, so best left to late winter. But you can see from my specimen, that the temptation to control this growth is strong
If it just need re-positioning to catch a bit more sun, then I can put off the pruning until the proper time
Just like your opinions as to best procedure. Does not look like it in the image, but its beginning to command quite a bit of space, with all the new growth
My instinct is to cut back all the sideways growth, and trim the top, but for now that is on hold
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