Seiryu - Japanese maple tree, container grown vs garden grown
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ต.ค. 2024
- In this Video, I give you a comparison of container growing vs garden growing. The pair of trees we use are the acer palmatum "Seiryu". Both trees are now 42 years old.
The Seiryu is one of my personal favorites in landscape applications.
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Absolutely one of the most beautiful Japanese Maple
I was beating myself up bc I had no business buying any more plants. But you helped quell that. That is stunning! I totally look forward to receiving the Seiryu I ordered today!!
well, look at it this way, it definitely is not the worst addiction! Enjoy your new addition to the garden when it arrives.
That is one of the nicest Acer tree’s I’ve seen very Japanese style
I love Osmocote. I've used it for years and love it on all of my trees.
yes, a great product, we use the 6 month slow release ( 16-10-10)
Nice Otto. Like the comparison.
thank you, and much success with your Japanese maple tree nursery. Great website you have!
Its a beautiful tree, I planted 25 Seiryu seeds in october and watching every morning now for the first to pop up! Hopefully it does
good luck! Careful with seeds as you may not get the same growth habit and spring / fall coloration as a grafted specimen. Very often the tree grown from seed will grow much taller then expected.
Thanks! Okey, I heard about this but I already spent my budget for the backyard and allotment so I bought some seeds since its cheaper and could be a fun experience :) Maybe next year i´ll buy some grafts or a tree. @@maplesandmusic
Well, you still will end up with a beautiful tree!@@bennyhana3556
Where did you get your Acer seiryu from trunk and branching looks amazing..
I want to put a tree like that in my collection
It is one of the trees we grafted ourselves. The key to getting the shape you want is just careful selective pruning year after year
What stunning shades of colors in the winter. I just got one at Home Depot yesterday for $79 it is about 3’ talk but it is green. Are there 2 varieties to your understanding? Thank you for this informative video, it helps me to know how to care for it and it is just lovely thank you from roseville california
There is one variety of the "Seiryu"
It has the same leaf form as the disectum (weeping) varieties. There are many variations of the weeping varieties, all very similiar with the same type of leaf form. The Seiryu is the only upright growing variety with the lace leaf. Glad you appreciate the video's! thanks
Nice, I’m potting my SEIRYU right now …. Just need soil mix recommendations.
You could watch my short soil mix video as it should answer all your questions.
Soil mix for your container grown Japanese Maple
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I thought that these tree topped out at 15 to 20 feet in 10 years. Supposed to be one of the faster growing varieties. Guess the root pruning has kept them smaller.
Hi Dennis
I have seen some taller seiryu 's but it all depends on the scion would for grafting. This tree can grow from a cutting but then you will encounter variables such as height variance, etc. Our particular specimens are grafted onto acer palmatum root stock and both were the mother trees that we have used for years to take cuttings for grafting of all our seiryu varieties
Also if you do not prune the tops at all I did mention you can get a little more height out of the tree as well
No. What kept them smaller is not changing pot for 20 years 😉.
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Otto, I just bought one of these trees today and found your post as I was looking at what I might expect from my little tree. Is your planter lined? It so what did you line it with and how many drainage holes do you have? Than you.
None of our planters are lined at all including all pots and cedar boxes. In the cedar box we have four 1/2 " drain holes although with cedar boxes no drain holes are really needed as they are so porous with water able to escape from the bottom or the sides. Because the cedar box is built with separate slats of wood butted together water always has an easy exit point.
Lovely trees. How long between root prune and potting mix change? What mix do you recommend?
Hi Gary
Please check out my info video's on both of those comments.. Just subscribe and click onto my japanese maple playlist for all of your questions.
thanks for watching!
Is this tree can tolerate full sun?, beautiful maple!!
Hi Jose
Yes the Seiryu can handle full sun and also suitable in the shade. One of the most versatile varieties when deciding on a japanese maple.
Otto
Thank you sir, now I know this can work for us, I have purchased a different kind of maple but unfortunately it wasn't for full sun and it did no survive. Thank you a bunch!!
@@josemonroy4097 Your welcome!
@@zgr5421 Yes, you can plant this tree into a full shade setting. The only trade off is that the fall colours will not be as vibrant with the orange tones.
such an elegant tree, I want to buy 2 to grow as well. but they seem to be slow growers. do you need to fertilize a lot?
Japanese maples only require a little fertilizer when you are container growing. That would be mentioned in the video. I always mention not to fertilize if they are planted into the garden as it can really distort their growth rate / habit.
They are naturally a very slow growing tree which makes them very desirable in smaller garden applications.
Otto, it's a sad day for me. The wind blew last night and an umbrella went flying. It hit my potted maple and broke it totally in half. Is there any way that I can salvage any part of this plant.? I'm heart broken.
Sorry to hear about that. Hard to give advise without seeing the damage. Depending on where the break is? You could just cut off the damaged section and allow it to continue to grow. As long as the plant is still rooted in the container and the foliage is growing above the graft it will recover in time.
@@maplesandmusic Hi Otto. how do I put pictures here?
The tree was broken down to maybe 4 inches above the soil. I put the rest of the tree in water but it is dying. I'm so sad 😞
Unfortunately the tree will not revive by placing the damaged part into water. From what you have described it sounds like the tree will not survive.
@@kimjacomo5098 I don't believe that is possible on youtube
In which month did you prune the roots and repot it?
We generally do all of our root pruning in Febuary / early March, while the tree is still dormant. You can watch a couple of root pruning video's as well on my channel and I do discuss all those details
I planted a Seiryu last spring and it only had a reddish fall color. It gets hot and humid where I am located. Do you know if heat and humidity affect the fall color, or is it due to the plant size and age? Mine is only 3-4 feet tall right now. I believe it was three years old when I purchased it.
Hi Ron
There are several factors that determine fall colouring. The age of the plant can be a small factor. More often it is the location and the amount of sunlight it receives in a day. Generally 3-4 hours of sun is really all it takes to bring out the colour characteristics.
Another very important factor is the actual graft itself. Sometimes the mother tree that it is grafted from can give different growth and fall colouring as well.
And lastly, the actual fall weather is a big one too. If there is excessive rain with limited sun it will alter the colouration as well.
Not that it is good or bad, as in the end as long as you have a healthy tree, that is what is most important.
@@maplesandmusic Thanks for all of the information and the quick response. The tree that I have only gets a few hours of direct sun per day, but that will increase as the tree gets taller.
One more question, has your two trees ever bloomed any flowers?
We have had flowering a couple of times but it is fairly rare. The flowers would then turn into seeds which you can plant as well. The weeping varieties often put out flowers in the spring and is much more common for them to do that
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