Acer truncatum 24w32 12yo
Acer truncatum 24w32 12yo Purple Blow Maple N3 (China Native) Purple Blow Maple, 20ft.@ Maturity, Greenish-yellow flowers, Hardy to Zone 4, Garden N3 (SRC MSU) PLTD 2012.
Missouri Botanical Garden: Acer truncatum, commonly called Shangtung maple, is native to China. It is a small, rounded, deciduous understory tree that typically grows 20-25’ tall with a densely-branched, rounded crown. Features medium green leaves (to 5” across) that have 5 triangular lobes. Leaves emerge reddish purple in spring but mature to dark green. Good fall color features attractive shades of yellow and orange, sometime with purples and reds mixed in. Leaves may be truncate at the base as suggested by the species name. Leaf stems exude a milky sap when cut. Greenish-yellow flowers appear in April-May in clusters (corymbs). As with most maples, the flowers are not showy. Fruit is a samara (to 1.5” long). Sometimes also commonly called purpleblow maple.
Shantung Maple, Shandong Maple, or Purpleblow Maple is a maple native to northern China & North Korea. USDA Zone 4. Grown from seed by Jon Genereaux (MSU) on 9/9/2009. Still alive in 2013, just barely. Looking good in 2017.
Photo by F.D.Richards, Washtenaw County, Michigan. Creative Commons Copyright CC BY-SA 4.0.
Link to additional photos of this plant on my Flickr account from 2015, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 24:
Acer truncatum 24w32 12yo
Acer truncatum 24w32 12yo Purple Blow Maple N3 (China Native) Purple Blow Maple, 20ft.@ Maturity, Greenish-yellow flowers, Hardy to Zone 4, Garden N3 (SRC MSU) PLTD 2012.
Missouri Botanical Garden: Acer truncatum, commonly called Shangtung maple, is native to China. It is a small, rounded, deciduous understory tree that typically grows 20-25’ tall with a densely-branched, rounded crown. Features medium green leaves (to 5” across) that have 5 triangular lobes. Leaves emerge reddish purple in spring but mature to dark green. Good fall color features attractive shades of yellow and orange, sometime with purples and reds mixed in. Leaves may be truncate at the base as suggested by the species name. Leaf stems exude a milky sap when cut. Greenish-yellow flowers appear in April-May in clusters (corymbs). As with most maples, the flowers are not showy. Fruit is a samara (to 1.5” long). Sometimes also commonly called purpleblow maple.
Shantung Maple, Shandong Maple, or Purpleblow Maple is a maple native to northern China & North Korea. USDA Zone 4. Grown from seed by Jon Genereaux (MSU) on 9/9/2009. Still alive in 2013, just barely. Looking good in 2017.
Photo by F.D.Richards, Washtenaw County, Michigan. Creative Commons Copyright CC BY-SA 4.0.
Link to additional photos of this plant on my Flickr account from 2015, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 24: