Acer davidii snakebark maple, stripebark maple
Snakebark maple is a distinctive maple species that was discovered in China by Jean Pierre Armand David in 1869. Being quite easy to grow and non-problematic to transplant one wonders why it remains in the group of plants difficult to locate both in garden centres as well as private gardens.
It is cultivated mainly for its picturesque bark which is painted with green and creamy white vertical stripes. Since seedlings of snakebark maple are quite variable modern nurseries select plants with stable features such as enhanced leaf size and more interesting shape. They are deciduous, partly glossy, rich green in summer and golden, orange and scarlet red in autumn. They are typically ovate with a pointed tip but the new selections make larger leaves that are shallowly lobed with two prominent tips at both sides. Stalks and veins are purple-red. In spring it makes 5-7 cm long flower clusters (racemes).
Snakebark maple often forms a multi-stemmed tree with a funnel-shaped to oval-shaped crown. It likes moderately fertile, acid, evenly moist soil which will ensure rich autumn colouring. It can be pruned or trimmed in late winter. Hardy to about -29°C (USDA zone 5).
Last update 09-01-2013
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- STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
- DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
- EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
- STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
- HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
- SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
- HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
- FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
- GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.
