Canadian maple is a tree with many roles

Maple - what an ordinary, it would seem, tree. But, every time, passing by this handsome man with carved large leaves, we do not even suspect what an unusual plant it is. First of all, let us mention how diverse its species are. In addition to tall trees, there are also low bushes. Having a elliptical or pyramidal shape of the crown, the Canadian red maple is a large plant, in height it can reach twenty-five to forty meters. It grows very quickly. The plant lives for a hundred and fifty years. There are also bicentennial centenarians. Leaves are up to eleven centimeters long, with five short-pointed or blunt-pointed blades on one petiole. Flowers are rounded, flat, very small, yellow-green in color, from three to five millimeters in diameter. The size of the fruit-lionfish from two to two and a half centimeters. In autumn he pleases the eye with the coloring of the foliage: they are bright, yellow-red, orange.

Suitable Canadian maple for decorating the garden, as a hedge, for alleys and the creation of decorative groups. It is often used for landscaping, in parks or near public buildings. The maple looks good in combination with coniferous trees and oak trees.

Plant young seedlings better in spring or in autumn. For planting, you need to purchase them in containers, with a closed root system. Do not recommend destroying an earthworm, then the plant will get accustomed quickly. Trees should be located from each other at a distance of not less than one and a half meters. If the planting is single, it is necessary to observe the gap between the plants from two to four meters. They are very fond of light and fertile soil, they will develop well in moist, acidic soil. In care, the Canadian maple is unpretentious. You just need to water on time, loosen the ground and make fertilizing. For this purpose, fertilizer "Kemira-universal" is suitable. The tree loves moisture, can grow in the shade, it is resistant to frost, it even tolerates temperature minus thirty-five degrees without damage.

How beautiful the Canadian maple is, the photo shows very clearly. However, this amazing plant attracts not only its decorative qualities. He is very much appreciated in North America. In Canada, a favorite dessert is maple syrup, and sugar is also obtained from the juice of the plant. In some countries maple is in demand in cooking. Its leaves replace grape during the preparation of dolma.

What else is remarkable about the Canadian maple, can tell the medicine. For therapeutic purposes, apply all parts of the plant: seeds, bark from branches. Juice from young leaves has a pleasant, sweet taste. It has a rich supply of vitamin C and is therefore used as a general restorative, diuretic, antiscorbutic. A drug made from leaves and seeds is used to crush stones in the bladder. Decoctions prepared from them, have antiseptic, wound-healing effect. The bark removed from the branches and roots has an astringent effect. Even in magic, the Canadian maple does not ignore, the supporters of the occult sciences use its wood, leaves, branches, seeds for mystical purposes.