Acer Griseum

    Maple- Chinese Paperbark

                                          ID# 61

 

Stonehenge

 
 

Additional Information: Provided by Precision Turfscape (Mike Leeper).

 

    Tree planted by landscape company. It is 5-6 ft tall.

HEIGHT X SPREAD: 18 -20 ft x 10 -15 ft

PLANT TYPE: deciduous

GROWTH RATE: slow

TEXTURE: bold

LIGHT: part shade

WATER: moist

SOIL: high Organic
As observed in Eastern NC.

BLOOMS: insignificant, yellow and small. Spring


FRUIT  AND  SEED: As far as propagation I read that seed have a low germination rate.

KEY FEATURES: Jagged edge oval leaves, dark green in summer, glowing shades of red-orange in fall. Beautiful cinnamon brown bark peels.
Shape is vertical and spreading.
A year cycle in the life of ...... at Stonehenge

   Plated as a 5-6 ft. tall tree. During the first season the drip irrigation system had some leak problems. Tree did not get sufficient water for the hot months. Tree seem to have recover after water issue solved.
-Soil is dense with much clay. Location is sunny

July  2014

March 2014

  Stonehenge