Is the red maple evergreen or deciduous

Red maple is a very good-looking ornamental plant, spring and autumn leaves are red, summer leaves are purplish red, very beautiful. So is the red maple evergreen or deciduous?

Is the red maple evergreen or deciduous?

Red maple is a small deciduous tree, which is found in Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangsu, Henan, Jiangxi, Shanghai and other places in China. In the growing season, the leaves are fresh and green. When autumn comes, when the temperature drops, the leaves show yellow and turn into red, hence the name red maple.

Second, the growth environment of red maple

Tropical trees. Sex like humid, warm climate and cool environment, more shade-resistant, cold-resistant, avoid hot sun exposure, but spring and autumn can grow in full light. It is not strict with the soil, so it is suitable to grow in fertile, humus-rich acidic or neutral sandy loam soil, and is not resistant to waterlogging.

Red maple like warm and humid, cool climate environment, like the light but afraid of the scorching sun, is a neutral overcast tree species, hot and dry wind blowing in summer will cause leaf edge withered roll, high temperature sunburn will also damage bark, although red maple like warmth, but still relatively hardy, in the Yellow River basin, the winter temperature is as low as-20 ℃, but as long as the environment is good, you can still overwinter in the open field. As for the north of the Yellow River, it is appropriate to pot, and it is appropriate to enter the house in winter.

Third, the garden function of red maple.

With the vigorous development of urban landscaping construction, colored leaf plants are more and more widely used in urban greening. Such as purple leaf plum, ginkgo biloba, purple leaf Berberis, golden leaf privet and so on. It is predicted that colored-leaf seedlings should account for more than 60% of the total green seedlings, and the domestic landscaping market has rapidly shifted from simple "greening" to "coloring, beautification, fragrance and purification." There are many varieties of red maple, and the colors of autumn leaves are also different, such as crimson, light red, yellowish red and so on. At present, scientists have made improvements on the basis of American red maple, and have cultivated many improved new varieties, such as American red maple, North American red maple, American improved red maple (autumn maple, sunset red, October brilliance) and so on.

The red maple is very beautiful, the leaves are as red as fire, it is loved by many people, and even become a characteristic scenery in many scenic spots.