Maple Tree Seeds
Note: These are pre-stratified acer seeds, ready for sowing as soon as you receive them. Due to the difficulty in germinating some of these seeds, we make no warranty other than to replace seeds that do not germinate.
Important Note: Most of the seeds on this page will
benefit greatly from using the CAPE Smoke
Seed Germination Primer that we use in our own greenhouses.
We find we receive significantly better germination results
when we use this primer on these types of seeds.
ACER PALMATUM ATROPURPUREUM ( RED LEAVED JAPANESE MAPLE )
( ACER01 )
A very showy, versatile species. Use as a single specimen or in
borders or groupings. Can be a single-stemmed small tree or
multi-stemmed shrub. Leaves are reddish-purple in spring and
again in fall. Grows to 15' to 25', 20' spread. (zones 5-8).
Red leaved parents . Seedlings will exhibit the characteristics
of the parents to varying degrees. Seedlings may be visually
inspected and green leafed seedlings removed. Seedlings grown
inside fiberglass greenhouses may not exhibit the red leaves
until grown in natural sunlight.
ACER BUERGERIANUM ( TRIDENT MAPLE ) ( ACER10 )
The trident maple is a very popular species for bonsai, due to
its small, three-lobed leaves, a readily-thickening trunk, and
thick, gnarly roots which adapt well to root-over-rock style. A
small tree, the trident maple usually grows only to 20 ft. in
nature with yellow blooms in early Spring. Hardiness Range: 5A
- 9A, Mature Height Outside: 25' to 50' / 7.60m to 15.20m
Outside Requirements: prefers partial shade or partial sun to
full sun; soil should be moist.
ACER MACROPHYLLUM ( BIGLEAF MAPLE ) ( ACER40 )
A deciduous tree, growing up to 100 ft tall, ascending becoming
rounded, shallow root system. Leaves, opposite, simple, 20-30
cm across, lustrous dark green above, pale beneath. Flowers in
early spring are greenish-yellow, fragrant, in drooping
clusters, male and female flowers occur in the same cluster.
Foliage yellow to gold in fall. Prefers full sun to part spade.
Prefers a cool moist environment as that in the Pacific
Northwest. Hardy to Zone 6. Native from Southwest British
Columbia to Southern California. Because the bark of this tree
retains moisture, in the Pacific Northwest its trunk and large
branches are often covered with mosses, liverworts, and ferns.
When cut down, the remaining stumps sprout vigorously, growing
over 3 m in a single year.
ACER PALMATUM ( JAPANESE MAPLE ) ( ACER60 )
Green leafed, upright Japanese Maple widely used as a landscape
specimen in Japanese gardens. Hardy to zone 5, grows to 30 ft.
tall, but can be grown as an interesting container plant when
young.
ACER RUBRUM ( RED MAPLE ) ( ACER66 )
A small to large tree often planted as an ornamental with
notable variation in size and form depending on its site. While
this tree may attain a height of 120' and grow 5' in diameter
under ideal conditions, it more commonly grows 40'-50' in
height with diameters of 1 1/2' - 2 1/2'. It has a narrow or
rounded compact crown, and due to prolific sprouting, this tree
often grows in clumps of stems from one stump. It also occurs
as a single boled tree. The Red maple is a native American tree
found throughout the eastern United States from the Atlantic
ocean to the prairies, from South Florida to Canada. Although
it is most commonly found on moist bottomlands or in swamps, it
also occurs in drier soils. This versitile tree is suitable for
shade as an ornamental, with the added bonus of adding spring
and fall color. Known as soft maple to the forest products
trade, red maple lumber is used in the furniture industry and
smaller trees are also used to make high quality paper.
Suitable for zones 4-9, this handsome shade tree displays red
coloring during different seasons of the year. It has the
distinction of having the greatest north to south distribution
of all trees on the east coast. Pioneers once made ink and
cinnamon-brown and black dyes from an extract of the bark. Red
maple is prized as an ornamental shade tree because of its
rapid growth, highly colored flowers and fruit and spectacular
fall colors.
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