New cultivars and larger sizes:
We
now introduce new and selected rare cultivars in Sept., rather than with
previously-offered cultivars in spring.
Size #2 trees are also available for ordering only after Sept. 1.
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Heat Stress:
Mild temperatures are best for shipping and planting. Maples ordered in summer may have browned leaves, but this is only temporary. We'll delay shipments when temperatures exceed 90 F. Fall is the preferred time for planting; spring is the next best time.
Perhaps, at last, an improvement on 'Bloodgood'. Leafing out 2 weeks later than that cultivar, it's useful for those living where there are late frosts. It also takes hot sun and wind very well without wilting. Stems are nearly black, and the leaf has the same translucency as 'Bloodgood', but is smaller and more delicate, giving the tree a more open, airy appearance. The same bright crimson appears in fall. 'Emperor' is also a smaller tree, growing to perhaps 25' at an average of a foot a year. Growers expect this to become the new standard in red uprights, due in part to its smaller size and greater tolerance for sun.
Size #1 trees ship after they leaf out, usually early to mid-April.
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