On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 12:28:41 +0100, "Mick"
wrote:

Hi
We want to plant 3 Maple trees at the bottom of our garden as we like their
colour in the Autumn and the shape/size of their leaves. The surrounding
area will stay grass for as long as it lasts, no other planting issues,
neighbour has about 10 tall thin silver birch on his side.
Which type of Maple would people recommend?
Also we have rare visits to a nut tree from a shy Red Squirrel, what other
trees might keep him/family in the area in the long term?
TIA



Maples are wonderful plants - I have enough trouble choosing from this
big and varied genus for myself so I'm not about to try and do it for
somebody I don't know to plant on a site I don't know. However they
aren't going to do much for your squirrel except perhaps provide some
nice bark for him to strip when he's feeling frustrated so what I
would suggest is more nuts - hazels have good catkins, good autumn
colour, nuts for S. Nutkin (maybe even a few for you) and look well
with birches and grass.
Now to contradict myself: put some of the smaller slower acers like
the deeply dissected A. palmatum forms in front for some brighter
autumn/spring colours and A. griseum for a slow growing small tree
that looks good every day of the year (rich red/brown papery peeling
bark and a shape that looks aged in a distinguished sort of way within
a very few years - also good autumn colour)

Rod

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On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 12:28:41 +0100, "Mick"
wrote:

Hi
We want to plant 3 Maple trees at the bottom of our garden as we like their
colour in the Autumn and the shape/size of their leaves. The surrounding
area will stay grass for as long as it lasts, no other planting issues,
neighbour has about 10 tall thin silver birch on his side.
Which type of Maple would people recommend?
Also we have rare visits to a nut tree from a shy Red Squirrel, what other
trees might keep him/family in the area in the long term?
TIA



Maples are wonderful plants - I have enough trouble choosing from this
big and varied genus for myself so I'm not about to try and do it for
somebody I don't know to plant on a site I don't know. However they
aren't going to do much for your squirrel except perhaps provide some
nice bark for him to strip when he's feeling frustrated so what I
would suggest is more nuts - hazels have good catkins, good autumn
colour, nuts for S. Nutkin (maybe even a few for you) and look well
with birches and grass.
Now to contradict myself: put some of the smaller slower acers like
the deeply dissected A. palmatum forms in front for some brighter
autumn/spring colours and A. griseum for a slow growing small tree
that looks good every day of the year (rich red/brown papery peeling
bark and a shape that looks aged in a distinguished sort of way within
a very few years - also good autumn colour)

Rod

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Rod27/3/04 1:50
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On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 12:28:41 +0100, "Mick"
wrote:

Hi
We want to plant 3 Maple trees at the bottom of our garden as we like their
colour in the Autumn
snip

Maples are wonderful plants
snip
put some of the smaller slower acers like
the deeply dissected A. palmatum forms in front for some brighter
autumn/spring colours and A. griseum for a slow growing small tree
that looks good every day of the year (rich red/brown papery peeling
bark and a shape that looks aged in a distinguished sort of way within
a very few years - also good autumn colour)

Not a Maple but another thought the OP might like to consider if autumn
colours is wanted - Liquidambar.

--

Sacha
(remove the weeds to email me)

Rod27/3/04 1:50
om

On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 12:28:41 +0100, "Mick"
wrote:

Hi
We want to plant 3 Maple trees at the bottom of our garden as we like their
colour in the Autumn
snip

Maples are wonderful plants
snip
put some of the smaller slower acers like
the deeply dissected A. palmatum forms in front for some brighter
autumn/spring colours and A. griseum for a slow growing small tree
that looks good every day of the year (rich red/brown papery peeling
bark and a shape that looks aged in a distinguished sort of way within
a very few years - also good autumn colour)

Not a Maple but another thought the OP might like to consider if autumn
colours is wanted - Liquidambar.

--

Sacha
(remove the weeds to email me)

Rod27/3/04 1:50
om

On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 12:28:41 +0100, "Mick"
wrote:

Hi
We want to plant 3 Maple trees at the bottom of our garden as we like their
colour in the Autumn
snip

Maples are wonderful plants
snip
put some of the smaller slower acers like
the deeply dissected A. palmatum forms in front for some brighter
autumn/spring colours and A. griseum for a slow growing small tree
that looks good every day of the year (rich red/brown papery peeling
bark and a shape that looks aged in a distinguished sort of way within
a very few years - also good autumn colour)

Not a Maple but another thought the OP might like to consider if autumn
colours is wanted - Liquidambar.

--

Sacha
(remove the weeds to email me)

Subject: Which Maple tree?
From: "Mick"
Date: 27/03/2004 11:28 GMT Standard Time
Message-id:

Also we have rare visits to a nut tree from a shy Red Squirrel, what other
trees might keep him/family in the area in the long term?
TIA

You could try a hazel, or even a Scots pine. I read somewhere that grey's
don't feed off of true pines, but reds do. I don't know how accurate that is
though.
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On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 12:28:41 +0100, "Mick"
wrote:

Hi
We want to plant 3 Maple trees at the bottom of our garden as we like their
colour in the Autumn and the shape/size of their leaves. The surrounding
area will stay grass for as long as it lasts, no other planting issues,
neighbour has about 10 tall thin silver birch on his side.
Which type of Maple would people recommend?
Also we have rare visits to a nut tree from a shy Red Squirrel, what other
trees might keep him/family in the area in the long term?
TIA



Maples are wonderful plants - I have enough trouble choosing from this
big and varied genus for myself so I'm not about to try and do it for
somebody I don't know to plant on a site I don't know. However they
aren't going to do much for your squirrel except perhaps provide some
nice bark for him to strip when he's feeling frustrated so what I
would suggest is more nuts - hazels have good catkins, good autumn
colour, nuts for S. Nutkin (maybe even a few for you) and look well
with birches and grass.
Now to contradict myself: put some of the smaller slower acers like
the deeply dissected A. palmatum forms in front for some brighter
autumn/spring colours and A. griseum for a slow growing small tree
that looks good every day of the year (rich red/brown papery peeling
bark and a shape that looks aged in a distinguished sort of way within
a very few years - also good autumn colour)

Rod

Weed my email address to reply
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Rod27/3/04 1:50
om

On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 12:28:41 +0100, "Mick"
wrote:

Hi
We want to plant 3 Maple trees at the bottom of our garden as we like their
colour in the Autumn
snip

Maples are wonderful plants
snip
put some of the smaller slower acers like
the deeply dissected A. palmatum forms in front for some brighter
autumn/spring colours and A. griseum for a slow growing small tree
that looks good every day of the year (rich red/brown papery peeling
bark and a shape that looks aged in a distinguished sort of way within
a very few years - also good autumn colour)

Not a Maple but another thought the OP might like to consider if autumn
colours is wanted - Liquidambar.

--

Sacha
(remove the weeds to email me)

On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 16:58:26 +0000, Sacha
wrote:


Not a Maple but another thought the OP might like to consider if autumn
colours is wanted - Liquidambar.

If the op's site is big enough, autumn colour doesn't get better than
this. We've got a young L.s. 'Worplesdon' here, still quite small but
it's a real stunner.

Rod

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On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 16:58:26 +0000, Sacha
wrote:


Not a Maple but another thought the OP might like to consider if autumn
colours is wanted - Liquidambar.

If the op's site is big enough, autumn colour doesn't get better than
this. We've got a young L.s. 'Worplesdon' here, still quite small but
it's a real stunner.

Thanks for all the replies everyone,
after a quick trip to the Nursery my other half fell for a Liquidambar
styraciflua and also a Quercus palustris (she's getting into this now), I'm
going to choose the Acer griseum as Rod suggested, the bark looks very
interesting.
Our garden is 14m wide at the narrowest point (bottom end), we're still
hoping to dot a few more in down there, with all the neighbours trees there
will be a mini wooded area eventually, cant wait for ours to improve the
Autumn colour though.

"Rod" wrote in message
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On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 16:58:26 +0000, Sacha
wrote:


Not a Maple but another thought the OP might like to consider if autumn
colours is wanted - Liquidambar.

If the op's site is big enough, autumn colour doesn't get better than
this. We've got a young L.s. 'Worplesdon' here, still quite small but
it's a real stunner.

Thanks for all the replies everyone,
after a quick trip to the Nursery my other half fell for a Liquidambar
styraciflua and also a Quercus palustris (she's getting into this now), I'm
going to choose the Acer griseum as Rod suggested, the bark looks very
interesting.
Our garden is 14m wide at the narrowest point (bottom end), we're still
hoping to dot a few more in down there, with all the neighbours trees there
will be a mini wooded area eventually, cant wait for ours to improve the
Autumn colour though.

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On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 16:58:26 +0000, Sacha
wrote:


Not a Maple but another thought the OP might like to consider if autumn
colours is wanted - Liquidambar.

If the op's site is big enough, autumn colour doesn't get better than
this. We've got a young L.s. 'Worplesdon' here, still quite small but
it's a real stunner.

Thanks for all the replies everyone,
after a quick trip to the Nursery my other half fell for a Liquidambar
styraciflua and also a Quercus palustris (she's getting into this now), I'm
going to choose the Acer griseum as Rod suggested, the bark looks very
interesting.
Our garden is 14m wide at the narrowest point (bottom end), we're still
hoping to dot a few more in down there, with all the neighbours trees there
will be a mini wooded area eventually, cant wait for ours to improve the
Autumn colour though.

If you have room still, go for a trident maple. Well known in Bonsai use
but less known in gardens. FANTASTIC autumn colours.