

If pruning is necessary, prune during the dormant season and avoid pruning in spring when the sap is running.
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A full sun or part shade lover, this plant is easily grown in moist, acidic, well-drained soils.


Recipient of the prestigious Award of Garden Merit of the Royal Horticultural Society for its outstanding qualities.Whether its the flowers, fruit, bark or leaves, there are many options to choose from. There are so many wonderful trees and shrubs available for your garden that offer year-round interest. Wesley Whiteside retired from Eastern after more than 27 years as a professor of botany. A must for those who appreciate winter bark interest! Cercis canadensis (redbud) in the Ross Conifer Arboretum at NYBG photo by Ivo Vermeulen. This gallery features trees in the Wesley Whiteside Botanical Garden. Densely branched with an upright, roundish habit, this slow-growing maple tree is an outstanding four-season tree that is enjoyed by gardeners as it graces the landscape. Small clusters of yellow-green flowers appear in spring in clusters of three (hence the species and common names), but they are not showy. Green above, but gray-green underneath in spring and summer, it turns brilliant red and orange in the fall before shedding for the winter. Equally attractive is the foliage of trifoliate leaves. The bark begins peeling on the sculptured trunk and on 2 or 3-year. The light ash-brown bark on both its trunk and branches peels in vertical strips, revealing pale copper-brown wood beneath. Watson2 INTRODUCTION Perhaps the most beautiful maple, Paperbark Maple has trifoliate leaves and wonderfully orange to bronze, peeling, papery bark which provides year round interest (Fig. Noted for its ravishing exfoliating bark and showy fall color, award-winning Acer triflorum (Three-Flowered Maple) is a small deciduous tree that is a real treasure in the landscape.
