Acer platanoides Globosum
Mophead Maple

Description

Features:
✓ Structural tree with globular-shaped canopy
✓ Large, lush-green leaves throughout spring and summer
✓ Leaves turning yellow in autumn before falling
✓ Tall, clear stem ideal for instant height and screening
✓ "Helicopter" seed pods in autumn
✓ Insignificant red flowers in spring

A distinct Maple variety with its large mop-like head on a clear stem, when mature, these trees make a statement in any medium-large garden or parks and cities. Globosum, as the name suggests; produces a symmetrical, globular canopy and it grows relatively slowly, compared to other Maple varieties. In spring and summer its leaves are a bold-green, turning to soft-yellows in autumn before falling. It wiill grow in most soil conditions in most positions, making it a very reliable, versatile tree. It will grow up to around 6m in height by 5-6m in width.

Don't forget to consider:
Tree Stakes to support the tree - buy here.
Tree Belting to secure the tree to the stake supports - buy here.
Tree and Shrub Compost to add a layer of good soil in the planting hole - buy here.
Mycorrhizal fungi to encourage strong, new roots - buy here.