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Does anyone here have a red maple tree?
Posted on 2/16/23 at 3:55 pm
Posted on 2/16/23 at 3:55 pm
I just bought one. Fast growing shade tree with pretty fall colors. Just never really see any around my area. (Baton Rouge)
Supposed to grow just fine in this area and very hardy and wondering why more people don't have them.
Supposed to grow just fine in this area and very hardy and wondering why more people don't have them.
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Posted on 2/16/23 at 4:06 pm to Yammie250F
They’re kinda shitty. They don’t have a long life and most of them look terrible.
Sugar Maples are better than Swamp Red or October Glory. Many times they end up getting blown down or disease after about 8-10 years.
Sugar Maples are better than Swamp Red or October Glory. Many times they end up getting blown down or disease after about 8-10 years.
Posted on 2/16/23 at 4:24 pm to Geauxld Finger
That's not been my experience at all, and standard sugar maples do not do well here at all. I had 2 Southern Sugar Maples at my last house that did really well, but my understanding is that the guy that propagates them stopped so they're a little hard to come by now. I put 3 Florida Flame maples at my new house and I'm only one season in, but they were beautiful in the fall. They're also very dense. I'm excited to see how they do over the coming years.
Posted on 2/16/23 at 5:04 pm to Yammie250F
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Just never really see any around my area. (Baton Rouge)
There are beaucoup swamp red maples (var. drummondii) found natively all around there. The bottomlands and swamps are chock-full of 'em. Like millions of them are in the area. Most people don't ever notice them other than one week in November. A few more people will notice them in spring when they start to flower. I always liked seeing them on very early spring drives between New Orleans and BR. The whole understory of the swamps around Maurepas would be full of their tiny, red flowers. It always reminded me of the redbuds from where I grew up in TN.
They do not do well in the late summer heat if you get a dry spell. They're easily stressed. Keep them well watered in the heat.
Florida Flame, Autumn Flame, and October Glory used to be the common ones grown in the nursery trade in the area back when I was in that line of business 15 years ago. Not sure if better ones have come out.
Posted on 2/16/23 at 5:14 pm to BottomlandBrew
You will cuss the leaves when they fall.
Posted on 2/16/23 at 6:41 pm to BottomlandBrew
I got the red sunset.
I was hoping it would be the red color for longer than a week though.
Maybe I haven't noticed because I really haven't looked. Being mid February I hope it's not too late to plant it. I don't think it is at least.
I was hoping it would be the red color for longer than a week though.
Maybe I haven't noticed because I really haven't looked. Being mid February I hope it's not too late to plant it. I don't think it is at least.
Posted on 2/16/23 at 7:44 pm to Yammie250F
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I was hoping it would be the red color for longer than a week though.
You take whatever fall color you get in South Louisiana
Posted on 2/16/23 at 8:56 pm to Yammie250F
Have one 3’ tall, popped up in a flower bed, debating on whether to transplant to more desirable location.
Posted on 2/16/23 at 9:45 pm to Yammie250F
Better make sure you cut the roots good before you planted it. I’m about to have to cut one down of 10 years that killed itself because of girdling roots
Posted on 2/17/23 at 7:36 am to Yammie250F
Walker, LA
Posted on 2/17/23 at 8:04 am to LSUTIGERTAILG8ER
just planted one a few weeks back in my yard on my property. I'm in a bottomland hardwood area, so it should do well.
Posted on 2/17/23 at 8:21 am to Geauxld Finger
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red maple
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most of them look terrible
Posted on 2/17/23 at 8:38 am to LSUTIGERTAILG8ER
That's a beautiful tree and exactly what I'm looking for out of mine eventually. How old is that one?
Posted on 2/17/23 at 9:36 am to Yammie250F
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That's a beautiful tree and exactly what I'm looking for out of mine eventually. How old is that one?
thanks. it was about 4-6 foot tall when I planted it around 15 years ago.
the leaves are not very aerodynamic and I have had a few big limbs fall victim and snap with some of our high wind events over the years, but I just cut them away and it keeps growing away.
Posted on 2/17/23 at 10:13 am to Geauxld Finger
quote:swamp red maple is a beautiful tree, and is a hardy native that will grow without maintenance of any kind. i dig them up out of the woods behind my house and transplant all over
hey’re kinda shitty. They don’t have a long life and most of them look terrible.
This post was edited on 2/17/23 at 10:16 am
Posted on 2/17/23 at 6:04 pm to Yammie250F
Maples are fantastic. I've never had any issues with any maple I've planted. Of course they may lose a tree limb in a storm, but any tree is susceptible to that.
They provide excellent shade, good growth, nice fall colors for the South.
BTW, my FIL is from New Orleans and he hates maples, such as another poster.
Maybe they don't do as well along the coast
They provide excellent shade, good growth, nice fall colors for the South.
BTW, my FIL is from New Orleans and he hates maples, such as another poster.
Maybe they don't do as well along the coast
Posted on 2/17/23 at 6:19 pm to Yammie250F
I have never had a maple survive for more than a few years....just not a deep south tree.
Posted on 2/18/23 at 2:44 pm to Yammie250F
LSU has some on the old 9 IIRC.
When are we planting these. Been meaning to get some.
When are we planting these. Been meaning to get some.
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