Norway maple delights with fragrant spring blossoms
Native Norway maple (Acer platanoides) keeps its leaves under lock and key as long as its flowers are in the limelight in April and May. We have put together for you below what characterizes the widespread maple tree in spring:
- Lemon yellow flower umbels, composed of innumerable stars
- Subtle fragrance reminiscent of fresh fruit
- Surrounded by busy bees and butterflies to collect nectar and pollen
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Lay all other native maple species blossoms and leaves at the same time. In view of the large leaf shapes, the smaller flowers have to take a back seat and are only noticed by the attentive viewer eye.
Norway maple varieties - spring blossom for the small garden
The pure nature of the bursts with enormous proportions Norway maple in the small garden all dimensions. Gardeners with limited space do not have to do without the wonderful spectacle of the spring bloom. Norway maple is the progenitor of successful varieties that persist at a lower height and bloom just as picturesquely. Recommended cultivars are presented in more detail in the following overview:
| Norway maple varieties | Height | Growth width | Flower color | Leaf coloring | special feature |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White-edged Norway maple Drummondii | 10 to 12 m | 7 to 9 m | light yellow | green with a cream-white border | delicate pink shoots |
| Blood maple Faassens Black | 12 to 15 m | 8 to 10 m | glossy dark red | dark purple brown | light red shoots |
| Globe maple globosum | 3 to 6 m | 2 to 5 m | yellow-green | light green | spherical crown |
| Golden Maple Princeton Gold | 6 to 10 m | 2 to 4 m | lemon yellow | golden yellow | reddish shoots |
| Columnar maple Crimson Sentry | 8 to 10 m | 3 to 4 m | glossy dark red | purple-red to black-red | yellow-orange autumn colors |
The undisputed favorite of this selection is the globe maple globosum. Its compact growth paired with a harmonious crown makes the Norway maple variety ideal Candidates for the small garden and front yard to cause a sensation here from spring to winter care for.
Tips
The graceful flowers on the Norway maple are the prelude to the growth of conspicuous, winged fruits in autumn. So that Seeds are distributed over a large area, maple fruits sail through the air like small helicopters. Children have fun with nasal tweaks. Resourceful home gardeners harvest the seeds for propagation.
