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- Ball maple - A striking eye-catcher for the front yard
- Site conditions set the course - Tips for the best place in the front yard
- Florid infantry strengthens the visual presence - tips for planting
- Tips
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Ball maple - A striking eye-catcher for the front yard
Ball maple is at the top of the wish list for the creative front yard. How this elegant tree blends harmoniously into the garden design and developed into an impressive eye-catcher, this guide brings to the point.
Site conditions set the course - Tips for the best place in the front yard
The ball maple is no optical Leisetreter. The refined version of the native maple tree was bred to line avenues, flank entrances and decorate front gardens. Of course, the deciduous tree can only fulfill its representative tasks perfectly if it is offered the right conditions. We have compiled fundamental criteria for the location in the front yard for you below:
The broad-based location amplitude excludes only extreme conditions, such as shade, waterlogging and acidic marshy soil. Consequently, a maple is the first choice to beautify the front garden on the south, west and east sides. Only in the northward direction does the growth lag far behind expectations.
Florid infantry strengthens the visual presence - tips for planting
With a perennial planting, imaginative home gardeners emphasize the special charm of the Kugelahorn. As the deciduous tree is predominantly rooted just below the earth's surface, the view is directed towards robust groundcover. The following perennials are able to cope with root pressure and partial shade below a dense foliage crown without difficulty:
If you are in the mood for a higher-growing subplantation, we would like to recommend the 100 to 150 cm high dwarf pheasant's pole (Physocarpus opulifolius) to your heart. The sturdy shrub thrives in sunny and shady locations equally magnificent, wearing a creamy white flower dress in early summer and is completely hardy.
Tips
Ball maple is popular with home gardeners with limited time, because he forms his round crown without regular shape cut. The cut care is limited to Auslichten at intervals of 2 to 3 years. Only in advanced age, the crown tends to go into a flattened egg shape, which makes a regulative cut makes sense.