Tree of the Seminar

lenphillips

Online Seminars has an article called Tree of the Seminar. It will be available for discussion at the website for January and February.
on-line-seminars.com - Tree of the Seminar

The article is all about ?Sun Valley? Red Maple. Now this is a beautiful tree. Be sure to check out the photos on the link. Have you had any experience with this tree?

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mdvaden

Groovy...

You already started a thread on this tree. Your email was not dragging it's heels.

So it was, this is the first article I read and took the test for. Not because it's short, either.

When I clicked "tree of the seminar" and say it was a red maple, that kept me glued to the page. Red maples in general, are one of my favorite trees. A few people in southern Oregon here warn against using them a little bit, but I think they just have not "learned the ropes" to plant, establish and preserver these.

One unique benefit I could see stemming from this 'Sun Valley' red maple, would be a decreased need or decreased use of herbicides in relation to seeds, if its truly fruitless.

I'm guessing that the thin bark and potential for sunscald may be a reason not to plant in the north regions in autumn. Did not say why, exactly, but that's the first thing that came to mind.

If that's true, then there could be several options to circumvent that.

Even 'Red Sunset' has strong wood, so if this is as good or better, it should be an excellent multi-purpose tree.

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azrael

Doh...I cant find the pic.....anyone help?

lenphillips

Click on the word - JFSchmid - on the last line of the description. It is a pdf file that takes a couple of minutes to download.

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azrael

Thanks Len

This cultivar IS available in Australia.....Ive attached link ONLY because this particular Nursery warns of potential toxicity of the leaves to animals. (It also gives dimensions in metric).
Ornamental Cultivar Details

Like most ornamental deciduous trees in the coastal locations (with tempered winters), the depth of colour may be disappointing. Not withstanding, this is very attractive cultivar...which would be suitable for colder inland areas of Australia.

mdvaden

The toxicity part sounds about right, being a red maple.

I have two toxic plants lists on my website. One is for toxic and safe woods for pet birds. The other is toxic plants to horses. The red maple is included in the toxic lists.

As far as dogs might go, I can't imagine our biggest dog even being able to get close to the bottom leaves of a newly planted tree - not a 10' tall, or 1.5" stem size.

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