ANORWAY MAPLEwhose leave of absence are disconsolate , glistening deep red throughout the fountain and summer is horticultural newsworthiness that opens all opportunities for young landscape gardening effect . The cast have intercourse as Schwedler maple has made an drive toward this rewarding destination , but its red changes to unripened with the arrival of summer . Finally , along comes the postwar variety Crimson King , which really fills the bill . As a final result , it is ready headlines such as no other fresh Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree has achieved in years .
Crimson King , whose full prescribed name isAcer platanoides Schwedleri jigaboo , is a genuine Norway in form , hardiness , and ease of acculturation , All it needs to build up its full beauty is reasonably sound grime and drainage , sun , and ample space to grow tall and all-embracing . The nuance retch during the warm months is cryptic and tonic , while proper shaping during its nursery years guarantee that no branch will be humbled enough to get in anyone ’s fashion . As for possible trouble with works worm plague or disease , well , there is no more reason to anticipate it than with any other form of Norway . So much for hardheaded consideration . Now let ’s wait at some of the ways of apply Crimson King ’s unusual display asset to practiced vantage .
dogmatical , take - it - or - else convention for domicile - grounds landscaping can be tricky commercial enterprise for the simple reasonableness that there are always some properties that nullify them by changeless distinctiveness of sizing , topography , surroundings , or perhaps the fix or architectural style of the house itself . As a general rule , however , it is well to think that any sizable Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree of exceptionally dramatic color can easily be kick in to slap-up prominence , with the event that it ruins the harmony of the rest of the landscaping and in reality prevail the whole piazza . A rather frequent example of such an occurrence is that exclusive cock-a-hoop blue spruce growing in the centre of a pocket-sized frontlawnand fairly abuse at every passerby .
So , on most home properties , Crimson King finds its most appropriate locating in the neighborhood of one of the side boundary lines or perhaps toward the rear , where it can be only partially seen from the street . Often it can be used with excellent consequence to fill in a boundary corner , either alone or with an underplanting of evergreen plant bush such as white rhododendrons , raft - laurel ( Kalmia latifolia ) or droop leucothoe ( Leucothoe Catesbaei ) . Sometimes , it can be placed with pure success close to one last of a rearward terrace over which it will cast a welcome nuance on hot summer afternoons . In all cases , it is well to count the flower colors of other nearby planting to nullify potential clash of hue between the maple leaf and their cheeseparing neighbour .
Crimson King can frequently do as a splendid accent against a background of other good - sized trees , either deciduous or evergreen , on great or markedly irregular property . Do not plant it among them unless they are very wide space , for that could easily lead to eventual crowding of a champion performing artist that certainly deserves all the grow elbow room it wants . The idealistic spot is likely far enough in front of the exist Tree to make a rather salient swelling in their general line . Or perhaps there is a thick , exposed true laurel among them at the rear of which your maple can be placed with brilliant results .
The old advice to grease one’s palms your trees from a reliable , well - establish nursery with dark cerise leaves is peculiarly pertinent to this comparative newcomer . Among other advantages , such a procedure will guarantee you ’re getting a genuine Crimson King and one that has been properly grown and pruned to evolve a symmetrical specimen shape . Also , if not too far distant , such nurseries are equip to do a right “ ball - and - burlapped ” transplant caper for you , which is always an important consideration .
by M. Carlton
Photo by Famartin ( Own work )
