Everything you ever wanted to know about Japanese Maples and bonsai in an epic discussion of forms and varieties of acer palmatum Japanese Maples and their suitability and cultivation for bonsai. Everything from growing habit, leaf shape and colour to grafting and comparison of varieties.
Chapter:
00:00 Introduction
01:03 Japanese maples: An introduction
02:30 Palmate and cut leaf varieties
04:41 weeping and upright trees
05:14 Seasonal colour changes
05:35 Chlorophyll
06:05 Carotenoids
06:20 Anthocyanins
07:07 Buying Japanese maples
07:58 Cultivating from seed
10:09 Japanese maples and grafting
12:26 Japanese maples: pests and diseases
12:44 Verticillium wilt
13:16 Aphids
14:07 Vine weevil
14:50 Scale insect
15:39 Varieties: my Japanese maples
26:16 Additional resources
28:31 Outro.
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