Maple - a normal, seemingly tree.But every time I passed this handsome carved with large leaves, we had no idea what this unusual plant.First of all mention of how diverse its species.In addition to tall trees and low shrubs are found.Has an elliptical shape or a pyramidal crown Canadian red maple - is a large plant, it can reach a height of twenty-five - forty meters.It grows very quickly.Lives plant one hundred and fifty years.There are also two hundred year old centenarians.Leaves up to eleven centimeters long, with five short-pointed or blunt-ended blades on one petiole.Flowers are round, flat, very small, yellow-green, three to five millimeters in diameter.The size of the fruit-krylatok from two to two and a half centimeters.In the fall, he catches the eye coloring of leaves: they are bright, yellow-red, orange.
Canadian maple Suitable for garden decoration, as a hedge for the alleys and creating decorative groups.It is often used in landscaping, parks or near public buildings.Good looks maple combined with pine trees and oaks.
be planted saplings better in the spring or in autumn.For planting is necessary to obtain them in containers with closed root system.Do not recommend to anyone to destroy the earth, then the plant will take hold quickly.Trees should be located from each other at a distance of not less than one and a half meters.If landing are single, it is necessary to observe the gap between the plants two to four meters.They are very fond of light and fertile land, good will to grow in moist, acidic soil.In the care of Canadian maple unpretentious.You just have time to water, loose soil and make fertilizer.To do this, suitable fertilizer "Kemira-wagon."The tree likes moisture, it can grow in the shade, resistant to frost, tolerate even the temperature of minus thirty-five degrees without damage.
How beautiful maple, photo shows very clearly.However, this is a wonderful plant attracts not only for its decorative qualities.It is very appreciated in North America.In Canada, a favorite dessert is a maple syrup from the sap of the plant and get the sugar.In some countries, maple claimed in cooking.Its leaves are replaced by grape during cooking dolma.
What else remarkable Canadian maple can tell Medicine.For therapeutic purposes, use all parts of the plant: seeds, bark from the branches.The juice of young leaves have a pleasant, sweet taste.It is rich in vitamin C, and because of this is used as a tonic, diuretic, antiscorbutic.The drug, made from the leaves and seeds are used for crushing stones in the bladder.Broth made from them, have antiseptic, wound-healing effect.The bark has been removed from the branches and roots, it has an astringent effect.Even magic not overlook Canadian maple, proponents of the occult sciences use its wood, leaves, twigs, seeds for mystical purposes.
