I live in the north-west coastal part of Norway (latitude: 62° 54' 42.84"). I love Japanese maples, and really want a maple garden. There are however some challenges. The summer season is short, the winter is long, and the wind can be draining. Since moving to this property in 2017, I have tried to keep Japanese maples many places in the garden. Last spring I finally realized that the wind from north and west in spring and early summer was to hard for them when they were leafing out, and they dried out and died as a result. Therefore I moved all the remaining maples to the only area in the garden with natural shelter from these directions. It looks like I mostly have succeeded with sheltering them from the hardest wind, but I still must be better at protecting them from snow and ice during the winter. Further I plan to add structures for softening the wind, defining space and framing the view in order to create shelter, dimension, and interest to the garden.
I have been collecting japanese maples for around 7 years now as well and completely agree with what you have learned. Biggest one for me is they definitely prefer to be in the ground. You have a beautiful yard!
There are deer here, but they have not caused any serious problems. They are just passing trough, take a small nibble of a maple or two and then they move on.
@@diyoregonnowtexas9202 yeah! Gardening it’s very expanded, it should consider what else can fit according to the space we want to dedicate. Fruit trees are pretty awesome specially in spring with the flowers, the maples are well seen with their colors
I really like this story and it may be evident that starting this year you will be able to keep the entire present collection safe. It is a super challenge in the area you live in, you have a very powerful mind. Now you need some Japanese people walking in your garden, taking photos as usual 😌. Congratulations for the huge efforts!!!
I would be very happy if my garden reaches a point some time that it would interest Japanese people that are accustomed to the real deal. Well, it will not be this year, but I will be working toward that goal. So maybe in the future I will be able to proud myself with a garden worth being called a Japanese garden. Once again thank you for your support🙂
@@mbeeme355 you have already this project called “Japanese Garden” !!! Out of Japan we try our best here where we live besides your presentation is quite attractive in your channel, awesome big collection.
Great recording 2 years ago! I love the details you have presented here also I’ve seen there some “diamond tears” from the rain, the leaves look awesome.
@@mbeeme355 I like your decision, I do the same every time I have the chance or I think is the right time to pruning. Nice job and congrats for the courage!
The climate here is much of the time cold and wet, so there is in general not an issue with sun scorch with any of the maples. But that aside this tree is located in the south-east direction and gets sun from morning to early afternoon. Not evening sun.
Thanks for the great video. What did it need to recover from? I just planted this last fall and it just has a little bit of sun scorch. Hopefully it won't get worse when the temperature goes up next month.
It nearly dried out because it started to leaf out when there still was frost in the ground. It was rescued by being generously watered. Sun in early spring combined with little rain/snow can be critical, especially for young plants with not so developed roots.
Very very lovely presentation Merete!!! Is a great variety and I’m happy to know that you’ve been with him 7 years, impressing cultivar now! I like very much the last image of your awesome Japanese garden.
I'm glad you liked it. For me this tree is a reminder of how struggle to survive often creates great beauty, and how important it is to never give up. All of the other maples are doing very good, and have had nice development the last year. I'll come back to them later. 🙂
Wow I like this!!! It's very nice how you've placed all of them, by color too! I love the way you explain what you have discovered and how you strive again to protect them for the next winter season. The new maples and the ones you have kept are very good and now you are going to enjoy their colors very well.
Nice that you like my maples. 🙂As long as I can find place in the ground for new ones I will prefer that. But maybe some day I will try keeping some in pots outdoor in the winter again.
Hello Merete! I love the show of maples that you have presented and in the description of each of them you have detailed as best as possible, very good! The colors in Katsura are magnificent but I have noticed that you have really fallen in love with the Shirasawanum Aureum and the truth is that there is nothing bad to say about their family, they are all splendid. It took me 2 years to have a good Aureum and I finally got it last year, now it is gorgeous too. I am glad that you have finally exhibited your collection this spring.
Hello to you to, I am happy to finally have some good maple news to share.😀 By the way, when I was planting the maples yesterday, I was removing all the soil above the roots, as I have learned that I should, because many of them are plantet to deep.. I discovered that Aurem had a quite thick strong branch of the root growing tightly around the trunk just above where the root starts. If I haven't taken the soil away, I wouldn't have notices. I had to use force to loosen it from the the trunk, and also be firm in order to avoid it from snapping back to its strangular hold on the trunk. I think this could have killed the tree if undiscovered . For me this is an important reminder to also check what's beneath the surface. Now I think that Aurem have every possibility to thrive. Oh yes, I really would like more trees from the Shirasawanum family, they are all gorgeous. i would always find space for any of them. ❤
Wow Merete! I’m really impressed about your genius trying to protect that field against the nature. All these efforts must say at the beginning of the video “…and a big heart”. Are you recording wide angles to be able to look at those wild views, great job!
Happy to share 🙂 To day I picked up a Ukigumo and a Aureum that I have ordered. They are both in excellent condition. I only use my iPhone 13 when I do the videos, for everything but soundtracks from RU-vid.
@@mbeeme355 very cool selection of maples you’ve got today! I will be happy to watch them soon, thanks for telling me. 😄 I’m using a 12ProMax for my videos so you are little bit cooler than me.
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Thank you very much for your kind and encouraging comment. The intention with my videos is sharing the intense feeling of appreciation that just existing can create, and that both joy and pain transcends in the face of beauty. Love is always the answer ❤
Amazing place and views for Christmas and the rest of the winter. Always you have a good eye and good hand to make lovely videos no matter in which season, always are the best!
Fantastic. 😲 Have you ever lost any due to snow lying on them for extended periods. I was always told to brush any standing snow off them as soon as possible. Never really happens in the UK so I don't have to worry.
I have not really lost any of them because of snow, but last winter some of the smallest ones were quite damaged. So because of that I have supported them with bamboo sticks. The snow also serves as insulation against the cold and protect the trees against dehydration during the winter.
Wow! First signs of the winter there you live. Very pretty views specially the sunset at the final. I’m impressed with your project “protect from the winter”, never seen until now.
The bamboo stick protection is based on observing how the snow broke the branches during last winter, and I guess this winter will show if it will work.....
@@mbeeme355 cool! Is very interesting protecting they in this way. Here where I live doesn’t snow so is impossible to apply this technique but I’m happy that I’ve found your winter project.
I have a three year old osakazuki, in a large pot, here in the UK midlands. It has been unremarkable up until late October this year, and in early November it is now ablaze.. it was certainly worth the wait!
I agree, it's a stunning tree in fall, most years. The foliage of many of my trees including Osakazuki just dried up this year without really changing color. Several of them haven't even lost their leaves. Kind of interesting, but not so impressive.
Good girl, finally you got something of autumn in your yard this year! Congrats! Well will be nice to see later the other maples ending with their awesome fall. I’m waiting the other videos if will happening.
Well, to day, just one day after the recording of the video, it looks like the leaves in several of them just dries up without changing color first, like with Moonrise.Even Osakazuki seems to dry up before turning completely red. But I hope for more color, Orange dream may still come up with some 🙂
@@mbeeme355 hi there. I understand your complains about the maples in this season with the leaves, it happened to me in some of them but in the treetops. It’s about the weather and climate change who is affecting the behaviour of the trees. Meanwhile we have more maples in our space, some of them will give the right fall show, I hope… Out of this common problem you have a gorgeous garden with all the things you’ve done there.
Hello again, yes, I think that the reason for what is going is that there has not been any frost until last week, and that the color change needs frost to get started. So my theory is that the seasonal decay of the leaves came before the color change had an opportunity to start for most of the trees. By the way, I'm really happy that you appreciate my garden.@@fisiomanuales
@@mbeeme355 yes that’s right your theory. Here in Madrid we’ve had 2 weeks with lower temperature then have risen so bad for some maples and other were no affected yet. Where you are I’ve seen that you have serious problems with the clime and you’ve worked a lot to keep the maples alive, you did the best! Obviously I like your garden with his views and you tried all you could to have a super Japanese Garden. We keep the contact, thank you for share your work there.
I think that the reason that none of them have leave burn is that they have not been exposed to excess sun or wind and the temperatures during the summer has been good for all growth. The maple at the end is a Garnet, it's new this year and has grown quite well since it was planted early this season. You can see it in the video : Acer dissectum Garnet, the going and coming. 🙂
Glad you like the video 🙂 At the time of the video I have had this tree about one year, and it has grown some during that period. So when it comes age, I would have to guess. My estimate would be about four years old based on the growth rate this far. In one of my videos from this season: "Evening in the maple garden" you can see how it was early this season.
Hi there! I’m glad to know that your Japanese Garden are doing very good this year! Very good varieties you bought, all with super colours in spring and autumn.
Hi there! Your history about trying to keep the maples there where you live is sad but is great to know that you are trying all the best!!! Against the weather is hardly fight and I wish all the luck every year. Maybe…just thinking maybe the climate change will bring more heat to your land in the next years, who knows?
Thanks for your support. 🙂 Every year is an adventure, and every time something goes wrong I learn something new. It's actually quite motivating despite the weather and climate challenges.
There are actually some places in Norway that are quite suitable for maples. it seems like they thrive with the same kind of conditions like rododendrons and can take quite cold conditions in winter. What they can't take is wind when they are leafing out, then they easily dry out.
Not the most impressive tree in summer, but really stunning in the fall. And besides, it can take more wind than most other Japanese maples, and the something good for sure.
@@FonterraEatsYou I have experienced that several of my maples have died during leafing out because they have dried out. They have not been able to protect them selves against the spring wind at the same time as they were spending energy on leafing out. It has taken me several seasons and many trees to find out how to protect them and where to place them in order for them to survive this critical time of the year. This tree is actually placed where there is some wind, but it has shown good resilience. It is a very strong tree, and it has shown good growth and development since I've got it . There has not been any troubles with it. Sturdy and hardy, a tree to count on.
It took about 3 -4 weeks all together, and there was no frost in this period. The temperatures were about between 10 and 5 celsius. As I tried to show in the video, all the other maples dropped the leaves even before Osakazuki came to its full glory. Also its nice how this tree keeps almost all its leaves while changing the colors. The best maple for autumn color in my collection. I have also published a video from were Osakazuki is nearly completely green. Its not that stunning when its all green, but its still a beautiful tree. Another nice thing with this tree is that it can tolerate some more wind than most of the other maples. And that makes it more robust all together.
Thank you for liking the video 🙂I bought the tree the summer of 2021. I pruned it some during that winter and it has grown back a bit this summer. So I don't really know how old it is.
