Jardinagem da Ana

Uma espécie muito popular e fácil de cuidar, com folhas em forma de mão características, com cinco lóbulos pontiagudos. Suas folhas delicadas mudam de cor com o passar das estações. As flores são discretas, avermelhadas. Algumas das variedades mais populares são “Atropurpureum”, “Bicolor”, “Dissectum” e “Reticulatum”.

Ideal para arborização urbana, sendo apropriado para jardins residenciais. Aprecia umidade e locais com estações marcadas, 

Bom para bonsai,

Multiplica-se por sementes, por estacas e por enxertia.

In order to get Japanese maples to germinate they like a period of cold called stratification. You can simulate stratification in a plastic bag filled with sand or peat in the refrigerator for a couple months after the seeds turn brown.

When growing Japanese Maples from seed you’ll get one of two different plants.  Acer palmatum, or Acer palmatum ‘Atropurpurpeum’.  The first will have green leaves, the second will have red leaves.

The seeds are trapped in a winged seed pod that most of us as kids called “helicopters” because the pods spin like the blades of a helicopter as they fall from the tree.

Stratification:  Japanese Maple seeds have a really hard outer coating that protects the embryo.  In order for the seeds to germinate you have to take some steps to soften that outer coating, so water and oxygen can find it’s way inside of the seed.

Method #1