GENUS - Acer
SPECIES - Campestre d.w.
COMMON NAME - Hedge Maple
PRE-TREATMENT - Required
ZONE HARDINESS COLD - 4
ZONE HARDINESS WARM - 8
PLANT TYPE - Medium Tree
HEIGHT / SPREAD - 12-18m / 10-12m
LEAF / FLOWER COLOR - Green / Green
Acer campestre is the only truly native maple in Europe and is often found growing in broad-leaved woods on lowlands and hills. Field maples are very vigorous growers up to around 8metres in height and can quickly form stout trunks with heavily patterned, rough bark. Leaves are 3-lobed, dark-green above and blue-green underneath and grow to around 9cm in length on specimens grown in the ground. However with bonsai cultivation, leaves can be dramatically reduced to a 1/3 of this size.
Acer campestre develop impressive autumn colouring (as with most other Acer species) as leaves turn bright yellow and orange. New leaves in Spring and (to a lesser extent) through the year have a red hue to them. Flowers appear in May but are insignificant and are followed by small red fruit.
Bark is a buff brown/grey and is smooth when young but develops light coloured fissues with age. Field Maples are very long-lived trees, reaching ages of 400 years or more. New growth sometimes develops narrow ridges or cork 'wings' running the length of the trunk (very similar to some Ulmus and Euonymous species).
Growth is coarser than Acer palmatum or A. buegerianum. However in the UK, the Field Maple is the strongest and most vigorous of the three species. Thick trunks can be developed very quickly in the ground; it is not unusual to see an increase in trunk girth of over 1" a year in field grown material, with new shoots reaching over 6-7ft within the space of a growing season. As with A. palmatum and A. buegerianum, wounds heal over very quickly, particularly on field growing trees
Acer campestre can be difficult to locate in UK garden centres but are very often found at hedging nurseries as well as from the wild. (source: bonsai4me.com)
QUANTITY
This sale is for 20 hand-sorted seeds, but please check our eBay store for more seeds or ask for a different quantity and combined shipping.
EXTRA SEEDS
Yes, the ( + ) sign in the title does always mean the extra seeds for you. Additional amount depends on the size of seed and the total amount of seeds purchased and might be more than 5-20%. Please note - it is the GIFT for our buyer. The specific amount is not guaranteed but we will do the best to make you happy.
PACKING
The seeds are securely packed in plastic labeled bags. You will get every seed with printed germination instruction included. The online extended PDF version will be accesible as well.
You will receive:
1. Seeds packed in plastic labeled bags.
2. Printed germination instructions
SHIPPING
We will ship from UNITED STATES, FLORIDA on the same or next business day after payment cleared by USPS First Class Mail with the propagation and printed germination instructions. But you should check additional Internet resources for proper germination methods.
Delivery time depends on your location (we always ship on the same or next business day after cleared payment):
Domestic (United States) - 2-5 days
NOTE FOR INTERNATIONAL BUYERS !
WE DO NOT ALLOWED INTERNATIONAL ORDERS HERE. PLEASE VISIT OUT ONLINE STORE AT ADDRESS http://www.hobbyseeds.com TO BUY INTERNATIONALLY.
DISCOUNTS
Please contact Us about combined shipping cost
1. The paid orders usually ships the same or next business day. The delivery time for orders shipped using USPS usually takes 2-7 days.
2. Currently, we are unable to ship inside State of Florida.
Because of the delicate and perishable nature of seeds, we are unable to accept returns.
Should the customer be justifiably dissatisfied with any of the seeds sent by us, he or she may send an email, stating the reasons. After checking the complaint, we will send replacement seeds or seeds of a different species.
Once the seeds are shipped, we can’t accept returns. On receipt of your order please verify the completeness and intact condition. If there are any items missing which were in the original order or if you feel that some item is not in the ,condition it should be (infestation, physical damage, disease), please contact us as soon as possible to resolve the issue. Please do not send back the items unless asked for it. For communication with us please take photos of the items which present problems and attach them to your message. We will do everything possible to solve the problem immediately to ensure complete satisfaction of the customer.
Germination Information will be presented for every item in the order.
PLEASE NOTE:
1. We are unable to control a buyer's country's laws, any confiscated or destroyed shipment by a buyers country is out of our hands and the risk the buyer takes if they don't know their laws.
2. PayPal system does not return transaction fees for refunded orders anymore. In the case the buyer would like to cancel paid order, non-refundable PayPal fees are excluded from refund..
3. Packages returned due incorrect shipping address are subject for refund with actual shipping cost excluded. Please ensure you are providing correct shipping address!
