Chernoklen tree description
Chernoklen is often called the Tatar maple. It can grow in the form of a large shrub or small tree, from 2 to 10 m high. The distribution area is deciduous forests of Europe and some regions of Asia and Siberia.
The plant is decorative throughout the growing season, but especially in autumn. With proper care, it can live from 100 to 300 years.
In autumn, the leaves and fruits of the chernoklen begin to gradually acquire a red tint.
Features:
- ovoid crown with a diameter of 5 m;
- thin, smooth gray-brown bark with dark grooves;
- ovoid small buds of a reddish-brown hue;
- elongated leaves are green, and in autumn they are bright red;
- thin pinkish petioles;
- small white-green flowers, collected in dense panicles;
- flat rounded lionfish fruits of yellow-green hue.
The plant blooms in late spring. Maple grows rapidly, adding 0,7 m in height and 0,5 m in width per year. The plant looks good in single plantings, groups or hedges. It is a good honey plant; bees can collect more than 100 kg of honey from a hectare of plantations.
Planting a black tree and caring for a tree
The plant is light-loving, drought-resistant, frost-resistant and not demanding on the composition of the soil, although it develops better on sandy soils. Tatar maple is practically not susceptible to invasions of pests and rarely gets sick.
It is advisable to plant these trees in open places or in light partial shade. When planting at the bottom of the pits, it is advisable to drain crushed stone, especially in areas with a high level of groundwater. Fertilizers need to be applied to the planting pit, but it will be possible to feed the seedling next spring.
The root collar must remain at ground level
Young seedlings need to be watered well – at least 18 liters per plant. And in the future, the tree will need the same amount of water every 7 days. It especially requires watering in hot and dry weather.
It is advisable to mulch the earth in the near-trunk circle with peat. Young seedlings in frosty winters with a lack of snow are best covered with spruce branches near the root collar.
Frost-damaged annual branches must be removed immediately
Pruning consists of periodically removing dry and diseased branches. If maple is used as a hedge, it needs to be pruned quite often. This will allow the plants to branch out better and make the hedge dense and difficult to walk on.
Tatar maple is often used for landscaping city parks and gardens and for soil protection in roadside plantings.