Germination of maples in 2000 ; No.1
Last winter I bought about 30 species of maple-seed.
About half of them have germinated as of May.
The latter half are expected next spring. My seed bed is as follows.
The following shows the germination of Acer pycnanthum and its group.
The left row & the right row : Red maple (Acer rubrum)
The middle row : Japanese Red maple (Acer pycnanthum)
The following shows the germination of maples from America.
Upper left : Sugar maple (Acer succharum), Mountain maple (A. spicatum), Striped maple (A. pensylvanicum)
Upper right : Oregon maple (A. macrophyllum), Lower left : Vine maple (A. circinatum)
Lower right : Sugar maple of 2 years old
The following shows the germination of maples from Europe.
Upper left : Montpellier Maple (Acer monspessulanum)
Upper right : A. platanoides ssp.turkestanicum
Lower left : Italian maple (A. opalus)
Lower right : Balkan-Ahorn (A. hyrcanum)
The following shows the germination of Acer pictum (Acer mono) and its group.
The following shows the images of young trees of Acer pictum (Acer mono) and its group,
with Acer miyabei, grouped not in Acer pictum but in Acer campestre, for comparison.
