Acer campestre seed

LATIN NAME: ACER CAMPESTRE

COMMON NAME: Field Maple

The field maple flutters the small, deciduous tree with the five-lobed, dark-green leaves that turn the gold and the yellow through the autumn, the leaves fluttering the neat crown, the small, greenish-yellow flowers opening with the leaves through the spring, the paired, winged keys following. The tree grows steadily into the rounded, dense crown, and it stands the cold, the wind and the chalky soil well. It likes the sun or the light shade, and the well-drained soil.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The dense, wind-resistant habit of the field maple gives it a recognised place in the research on the cool-climate hedgerow trees of the great maple group, and the campestre species appears in the studies of the tough ornamental maples and the clipping tolerance. The work looks at the way the five-lobed leaves gold the crown, the hard timber, and the seed biology. The foresters value the wood, and the growers of the cold-climate hedging and small trees keep the species in their catalogues.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

In the cool garden and the hedge, the field maple flutters the autumn garden with the gold leaves. The foliage lights the season, the tree makes the fine hedge and the windbreak, and the hard timber serves the turnery and the small crafts. It grows well in the well-drained, sunny or lightly shaded ground. Gold-fluttered, wind-tough and hedgerow-born.

To grow the Field Maple from seed, sow the winged seeds into the wide, sandy drills of the nursery bed in the autumn, then cover them lightly, keep the drills gently watered.

Sow the winged seeds into the wide, sandy drills of the nursery bed, and give the young trees the open, sunny spot. The flutter leaves come within a few seasons. , and the young trees start over the spring. The flutter leaves will gold through the autumn.

This is a small, low-branched, dense, rounded, deciduous tree or large multi-stemmed shrub that typically grows in cultivation to 25-35’ tall. As the common name suggests, it may be pruned to form a tall hedge.
It is also sometimes commonly called field maple
This is an attractive tree or shrub for lawns or along streets. May be sheared to form a high hedge.