![]() I am strongly leaning towards a paperbark maple, but online it says it gets to be 20 by 20, which clearly is a problem. Everyone has different opinions, and at least one person has said that wolf's eye dog wood, stewartia, or fringe tree will get too big. The courthard is 14x 30, but hardscarped in the middle, so the tree is going into a bed that is 10 by 7, so ultimately, the trunk will end up being 5 feet from the house. I'm trying to find a tree with multi-season interest to put in our courtyard. Luckily, I don’t have to choose.I posted a similar question on the tree forum, but the tree folk here tell me tree size is very regional. The bark color also lights up my winter landscape, in a way the darker Paperbark does not. If mine can ever approach the fall color of one I saw at the Morton Arboretum one fall, I would be more than satisfied with my choice. That being said, if someone put a gun to my head and said I would have to pick only one, it would be the Three Flower maple. The Paperbark has been a plant it and forget it tree for me. My experience with these trees is that the Three Flower maple is indeed a little touchier and has had a few cases of branch dieback and leaf spotting. If you are convinced you would like one of these trees in your garden, be aware that the Three Flower maple is said to need acid soil, while the Paperbark maple is supposed to be more tolerant of alkaline soils. The Paperbark maple has a bluish green leaf color. The Three flower maple has a dark green leaf. Neither requires more than pruning to remove defects and perhaps removing lower branches to reveal their showy trunks. Both trees gradually get bigger while you are not looking. ![]() This three flower maple grows in shade and thus turns a very nice buttery yellow to gold color every yearĪ couple other benefits of these trees are there slow growth and clean disease free foliage. Then they turn to orange and finally yellow the more they move into the tree and get more shade. If it is in the sun however, the outside leaves are red. So, if the whole tree is in the shade, you get a nice buttery yellow fall color. The cool thing about these trees is the more light a leaf gets the redder it is. The Three flower maple gives colors similar to a sugar maple forest in Pennsylvania, yellow to orange to red, all on the same tree. In the Chicago area this tree has bright red leaves showing in November when most other trees are already barren. The Paperbark maple turns a nice deep red real late in the season. The other real big benefit of these trees is their great fall colors. I like it so much it was the first tree I planted in my front yard, about 10 feet from my front door Paperbark maple bark FALL COLORS Almost everyone who sees it for the 1 st time is fascinated by it. This is one of the tree’s I am most asked about at the garden. Its bark reddish brown bark truly stands out year around. The Paperbark maple has a deep cinnamon color that peels in large curls like a Paperbark birch (Betula papyrifera). The Three flower maple has a shaggy bark that exposes a buttery white inner bark. WINTER BARK Three flower maple bark close upįirst, they both have TERRIFIC bark that adds a lot to all seasons, but especially the winter garden. Yet, they also provide several of the same benefit. They are near relatives in the maple family that look very different. The Three Flower Maple ( Acer triflorum) and the Paperbark maple ( Acer griseum) are two smaller trees reaching only 25-30 feet high after many years. A pair of related small maple trees with great winter bark, the Three Flower Maple and the Paperbark maple. Today, I’d like to talk about two such plants. Selecting plants that provide year around interest should be the goal of every gardener. To have an attractive yard that you can look out onto through your window in January and smile is more challenging. It’s really pretty easy to have a showy spring or summer display. One key to a great landscape is that it looks good year around.
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