Acer campestre

field maple - hedging range

• Position: full sun or partial shade
• Soil: fertile, moist, well-drained
• Rate of growth: fast-growing
• Flowering period: April to May
• Flower colour: purple-red
• Other features: young leaves are flushed with reddish purple
• Hardiness: fully hardy
  
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  This fast growing native makes a wonderful dense, deciduous hedge and is quite tolerant of coastal conditions and cold, exposed sites. In spring the emerging deeply lobed foliage is flushed with red, but it gradually turns a lush, mid green and stays that colour throughout summer. It then takes on buttery yellow tones as the temperatures start to drop again in autumn. Small greenish-yellow flowers appear in spring, which are hardly noticeable, but the subsequent, winged fruits are quite attractive. Plant at 45cm intervals.
  
  
• Garden care: Cut back in winter when the plants are fully dormant as Acers tend to 'bleed' sap if cut while they are actively growing.

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