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Planting Acer princeton gold in small garden
cat321
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Hello!
We saw an Acer Princeton Gold platanoides at the garden centre today, looked up a few images online and really love the color and shape.
Our concern is we have a small garden (approximately 6x6m) and maybe the tree will be too big for this? The garden currently only has a few small plants and square lawn, no other existing trees or bushes.
Will the size be a problem, and would we be able to limit its size with regular pruning?
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First of all, it's a big tree for such a small garden. Second, the leaves goes darker during summer.
There are several smaller Acer on the market, this one for example becomes only about 4 meters tall:
http://www.finegardening.com/plant/golden-full-moon-maple-acer-shirasawanum-aureum
Just pick and choose.
https://www.pacificnorthwestplants.ca/acer