Acer pentaphyllum seed
LATIN NAME: ACER PENTAPHYLLUM
COMMON NAME: Five-leaf Maple
The five-leaf maple stars the small, deciduous tree with the unusual, palmately compound leaves of the five slender, pointed leaflets that spread like the open hand, the leaves flushing the soft green in the spring, deepening through the summer and turning the gold and the red in the autumn, the small, paired, winged samaras following in the autumn. The tree grows into the delicate, open form, and it stands the cool weather well. It likes the sun or the part shade, and the deep, moist, well-drained soil.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The rare, compound leaf form of the five-leaf maple gives it a recognised place in the research on the rare Chinese maples of the soapberry family, and the pentaphyllum species appears in the studies of the leaflet development and the autumn pigment chemistry. The work looks at the way the five leaflets spread like the open hand, the winged seed dispersal, and the seed handling. The rare, distinct form keeps the botanists interested, and the collectors of the rare ornamental maples keep the species in their catalogues.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
In the cool garden, the five-leaf maple stars the branches with the five-pointed leaves. The delicate, open form gives the rare structure, the leaves turn the gold and the red in the autumn, and the winged fruits scatter on the wind. It stays small enough for the modest garden and thrives in the deep, moist, well-drained ground. Rare, delicate and autumn-colourful.
To grow the Five-leaf Maple from seed, keep the seeds in the chilled, damp bag through the winter, then sow them into the gritty, leafy drills of the tray in the spring, keep the tray in the cool, bright spot and mist lightly, and the seedlings rise within a few weeks.
Keep the tray bright and gently misted, and pot the seedlings on as they grow. The starry leaves come over the years. Set the young trees in the deep, moist ground, and the starry leaves will unfold over the autumn.
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