Vine Maple, Acer circinatum

11 years ago

I live in an area where Vine Maple is native. It only grows vine-like in deep shade. In the open it grows like this. The evening sun is just hitting the top. Looking Northeast.

Here's another out my backdoor that had been in the shade of an Incense Cedar, Calocedrus decurrans, until I cut it down because it was increasingly leaning toward my house. Now it's in the sun and coloring up nicely. Looking northeast.

Mike

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Kyle (East TN, 6b/7a)
11 years ago
I am very jealous, Mike. I discovered Vine Maple's before I discovered the wide world of JM's (I have no idea how that happened), and have wanted one so bad for a while now. I wish they were native here, as I feel they would look perfect under some of the large hardwoods here.

Great pics, always enjoy when you share.

Kyle
privatejapanesemaplesanctuary
11 years ago
Mike....

Great Pictures as always and a huge Inspiration to Relative Beginners like myself into the Enormous World of Japanese Maples

Any Vacancies as a Groundsman.LOL

Stephen,Cheshire.UK
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avamom2012
11 years ago
Nice timing with the eyes and your camera Mike. You sure do add a lot to this forum. Thanx.

btw and o/t: is it possible the Biblical "burning bush" was a Maple with the evening sun hitting the top just the right way? No answer needed, just a thought.
gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
11 years ago
It's a good year for vine maples in the PNW. They don't always color up well, even those growing in the wild, but this year's weather has seemed to offer the right combination of conditions so that they are developing some of the better fall coloring I've seen in years.

Don't you think so, Mike?
Mike McGarvey
Original Author
11 years ago
Yes, it is a good year. I attribute it to our very dry summer. Sun, good drainage, and strong root competition are the best locations to bring out the color. Vine Maple in good soil, shade, or was watered during the summer, has a far less chance of coloring up well.

Mike
gardenprincethenetherlandsZ7/8
11 years ago
Do your vine maples ever get mildew in the PNW? I got some seedlings in a nursery bed and this is the second year they got mildew. They looked awful and dropped their leaves by the end of August. The plants were watered well so drought was not the cause (Oaks [ Quercus robur] get mildew in times of drought where I live.) The climate in the Netherlands is similar to the PNW, except our summers are usually less hot.
Huggorm
11 years ago
Maybe this maple get mildew from damp summer weather?
Embothrium
11 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
The ideal combination for mildew is dry root zones + dampened leaf surfaces, that is why in my area it appears in later summer after the atmosphere starts getting moist again but regular soaking rains haven't come back yet.
Mike McGarvey
Original Author
11 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
I see very little mildew on the Vine Maple here, even in the Fall before the leaves fall. Sometimes it gets pretty wet around here then. This year has been an exception. Prior to a few days ago we went 30 days with only a half inch of rain. I often see mildew on our Acer macrophyllums though.

Mike