Japanese maples have few pest problems. Protect young plants from browsing by deer. Planting and Harvesting Calendar Pests which Affect Maple (Japanese) Aphids (General) Slug Snail More For You This Crop Is Way Better Than Potatoes (And No-One Grows It!) ...
Cottony maple scale (Pulvinaria innumerabilis) is most common and damaging on silver andred maples, but they attack Japanese trees as well. Most noticeable in large numbers, you’ll see the adult females and their eggs lining the trunk and branches. What do they look like? These flat, ova...
disease problems. The only pruning that is needed is to remove any broken or damaged branches, or any that are crossing each other. Always sterilize your pruning tool blades by wiping them off with alcohol before making your cuts so you don’t transfer disease to your Japanese maple. ...
We have a Japanese Maple (8-10 years old) that has been dying in sections. We started cutting away the dead branches and it seemed to be fine for a few months. Now a bigger section of the tree has died. We are going to remove because of losing most of the tree. Do you have any...
You canpruneyoung plants to encourage a particular branching pattern. As the tree matures, pruning can be limited to standard maintenance tasks, such as removing dead branches, suckers, or branches. Propagating 'Bloodgood' Japanese Maple Nurseries propagate most Japanese maples bygrafting, which takes...
if they have something to offer and don’t get too pushy. The chokecherry that made its way down from the foothills near my house provides long, delicate white blossoms in springtime and brilliant red-orange leaves in the fall (great branches to bring inside). The mullein that planted itsel...
Says site contributorGabi Greve: “More than 1,300 years ago, the famous ascetic En no Gyōja 役行者 was practicing austerities at Mt. Minō 箕面山 (near Osaka). He was enchanted by the red leaves of the maple trees near the Minō Waterfall (Minō no Taki 箕面の滝) and fried them in...
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If you need to get beetles from tall plants or trees, spread a light colored sheet out under them early in the morning. Shake the plants or tree branches and the beetles will fall onto the sheet. Dew and cooler air keeps them from flying. Dump them into a bucket of soapy water making...