On 26 Aug 2004 at 8:47, Rodger Kessler wrote:

Is it safe to leave a small Japanese Maple outside in the winter? It's
a new tree grown from a seedling this past spring/summer and I'm
hesitant to leave it out all winter. I live on the CT coast. Any advice?

It is clearly species specific. There are certainly zone 5
Japanese Maples. If you know the species, find out what its
hardiness is. in southern Vermont on lake Champlain the are
examples that thrive. Rodger Kessler


SLIGHT correction. Rodger is right in that some Japanese maples
are more cold-hardy than others, it's his terminology that's the
problem.

"Japanese maples" are a single "species" -- Acer palmatum. The
cold-hardiness variation comes at the "cultivar" level, as in
Acer palmatum 'Kiyohime' or A. p. 'Crimson Queen'.

I can't advise as to which are or are not cold hardy. Maybe
your local library has Vertrees' tome on Japanese maples, or you
could look at www.mountainmaples.com and see if your tree is
listed and if they mention its cold tolerance.

Down where _I_ live, we worry about HEAT tolerance.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - "IF YOU'VE
SEEN ONE REDWOOD TREE, YOU'VE SEEN THEM ALL."
- Forestry expert, Ronald Reagan

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