Acer platanoides 'NOVUSH'

Acer platanoides 'NOVUSH'
dwarf maple of Norway

SIZE/TYPE	medium-sized shrub
USUAL HEIGHT	0.5-1m
USUAL WIDTH
LEAVES	deciduous broadleaf
COLOUR OF LEAVES	green
FLOWERS	insignificant or non-blooming
LOCATION	full sun
SOIL TYPE	any (acidic to alkaline)
SOIL MOISTURE REQUIREMENTS	evenly moist (dislikes drought)
USDA zone (lowest)	4 (down to -34°C)
WINTER PROTECTION
FOR ZONE 5+6
FOR ZONE 7
BELONGS TO CATEGORIES	Deciduous broadleaf

Have you got a small, really small garden? We have something extraordinary for you. This plant was first introduced in Germany only in 1999. It is a unique dwarf maple, slow-growing but not a Japanese type. So if Japanese maples were ever too much trouble for you and you gave up, try this little baby.

Novush is a beautiful plant with a short stem and dense crown. Growing very slowly it will find its place in every garden, even a rockery. The leaves are deeply lobed, just like on its parent maple of Norway, but much smaller, only about 6-9 cm long, mid to dark green and very attractive.

It is soil tolerant and will even do in poor soils if planted in full sun. However, I believe that such dandy deserves good soil and a place of honour in your garden. Fully hardy to min. -34°C (USDA zone 4), and very probably more.

Last update 19-08-2008

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GLOSSARY

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.