Ball maple is at the top of the wish list for the creative front garden. This guide gets to the heart of how the elegant tree fits harmoniously into the garden design and develops into an impressive eye-catcher.

The maple tree likes it sunny

Location conditions set the course - tips for the best place in the front yard

The spherical maple is not an optical quiet stepper. The refined variant of the native Norway maple 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 given the right framework. We have compiled the fundamental criteria for the location in the front yard for you below:

  • In a sunny to partially shaded spot in an exposed position
  • Normal garden soil with a pH between 5.5 and 8.0
  • Fresh and well drained

The wide range of locations only excludes extreme conditions such as shade, waterlogging and acidic peat soil. Consequently, a spherical maple is the first choice to beautify the front yard on the south, west and east side. Growth is only far below expectations in the north direction.

Floral foot soldiers reinforce the visual presence - tips for underplanting

With a suitable underplanting, imaginative home gardeners emphasize the special charm of the maple. Since the deciduous tree roots mainly just below the surface of the earth, the focus is on robust ground cover. The following perennials do well with root pressure and partial shade below a dense foliage canopy:

  • Porcelain flowers (Saxifraga x urbium) impress with evergreen leaf rosettes and white flowers; 5-20 cm growth height
  • Spotted deadnettle (Lamium maculatum), the natural underplanting with pink flowers from May to June; 15-20cm
  • Flame flower (Phlox stolonifera) inspires with a sea of dark pink flowers in spring; 20-30 cm growth height

If you are in the mood for a taller underplanting, we would like to recommend the 100 to 150 cm high dwarf pheasant (Physocarpus opulifolius). The robust perennial thrives equally well in sunny and shady locations, has cream-white flowers in early summer and is completely hardy.

tips

Ball maple is very popular with home gardeners with little time because it forms its round crown without regular topiary. Cut care is limited to thinning out at intervals of 2 to 3 years. Only in advanced age does the crown tend to change into a flattened egg shape, which makes a regulating cut useful.

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