On its journey through the seasons, a maple trumps with a picturesque play of colors that ends with a spectacular autumn coloration. You can find out here what an Acer platanoides Globosum has to offer in terms of color nuances.

The maple turns orange-red in autumn

Blossom overture enchants in spring

You don't have to wait for the hand-shaped leaves to enjoy the coloring of a maple tree. In April and May, the spherical crown puts on its flowers even before they sprout. The yellow umbelliferous flowers have a subtle charisma. However, their magical attraction for butterflies, bumblebees and bees ensures the picturesque effect, so that there is a lot going on in the crown branches early in the year.

Red-brown shoots create decorative contrasts

While the yellow flowers are still in the limelight, the five-lobed leaves with reddish-brown tips sprout. This intermezzo of color creates decorative contrasts within the spherical crown until summery green takes over the scepter in the foliage.

Autumn colors are multicolored

Following the elegant, subtle prologue of yellow spring blossoms and reddish-brown leaf shoots, your ball maple gives way to summer flowers and perennials when it comes to the play of colours. However, only to prepare for a spectacular finale in autumn, which will develop in stages. An Acer platanoides Globosum shines with this spectacle on the autumnal garden stage:

  • It starts at the top with orange-red leaves
  • The foliage underneath remains green
  • If the upper leaves turn yellow, the orange-red color migrates towards the base of the crown

In the middle of autumn, the crown of the maple presents itself with a composition of green, yellow and orange-red and every conceivable nuance in between. The sunnier the location and greater the temperature fluctuations between day and night, the more spectacular the staging. After the first frost, the curtain falls on this year's autumn colours, because this is when a maple tree sheds its leaves.

Underplanting enhances the color effect

Evergreen ground covers with a long flowering period accompany your maple through the seasons as decorative underplanting. Small-leaved periwinkle (Vinca minor) with purple-blue flowers in spring and again in September is very popular.

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Ball maple is rapidly climbing the career ladder as the perfect eye-catcher for the front yard. Its magnificent spherical crown and furious autumn colors have catapulted the noble maple to one of the top spots in the ranking of popular house trees.

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