Choosing the Right Maple Tree for Your Landscape
If you’re new to owning or choosing trees for your personal landscape, you might not have known that there were different kinds of maple trees. A maple tree is just a maple tree, isn’t it? In fact, there are a variety of different maple trees that thrive better in certain conditions when compared to their counterparts. In this article, we’ll give you a few things to keep in mind for choosing the right maple tree for your landscape.
Sap Production
Obviously, one of the best things about having a beautiful maple tree in your yard is tapping it for that all-important sap that you can transform into delicious maple syrup. Not all maple trees produce the same kind of sap, and certain saps make for better maple syrup. If making syrup is part of your plan when choosing the right maple tree for your landscape, you may want to consider a sugar maple, which is known to have very sweet sap that makes excellent syrup.
Tree Size
Maple trees actually come in a variety of sizes, something you need to be especially careful about when you buy maple trees online. Some varieties of maple trees, such as the sycamore maple tree, grow to be extremely large and do better when they have plenty of land to grow to their full size. If you have less room to work with in your landscape, you may want to consider a variety like the Japanese maple, which is considerably smaller at its full height.
Soil Type
Soil is immensely important to every kind of tree, but maple varieties have different soil needs between species. Some, like the sycamore maple, prefer to be in soil that is more naturally moist and not as compacted. Other varieties, like the Japanese maple, need a little more acidity in their soil in order to thrive as well as they should. Consider your soil type carefully before you make your final purchasing decision.
Sun Exposure
Absorbing sunlight is essential for good tree growth, but not all maple trees need to be in the sun every minute of the day. If your property is a little more cramped, and you can’t guarantee that your maple tree will get full sun throughout the entire day, you should consider getting a hardier variety, such as a silver maple, which tends to thrive in a little bit of shade.
Plant Me Green takes our trees very seriously, and we want to make sure you get the perfect tree for your yard. Don’t hesitate to reach out to us for any advice or to answer any lingering questions you might have about our trees.
