Acer cappadocium aureum leaves in summer

Misc	RHS AGM
Shade	Full Sun, Partial Shade
Soil	Acidic
Type	Screening
Also Good	Autumn Colour

Acer cappadocicum Aureum (Standard)

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Tree Guard - Heavy Duty
The best guard for an established tree or a bare root standard

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Stakes - Tree Planting
Tree Stake - 150cm x 5cm Rounded & treated. Necessary for all standard ornamental trees. Also fo

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Rootgrow
For healthy plants and trees, if you only do one thing, use Rootgrow when you plant them. Mycorrhi

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Tree Planting Pack
All the accessories you need to plant a large tree, i.e. any Ornamental Standard or Bush or Half-Sta

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Acer cappadocicum Aureum Standard Trees

Sometimes called the Golden Maple, this is a variety of Cappadocian Maple with a interestingly varied leaf colour display. The leaves are rich red when young, before turning bright yellow and then green in summer. It has a tidy, dome shaped canopy of slender branches. It is best in a sunny location, where its changing display of leaf colour can be seen at its best advantage. Golden Maple is especially effective when planted in front of evergreen trees, where its bright, changing foliage will contrast well. It is not suitable for urban or exposed sites. Acer cappadocicum Aureum trees can reach a height of about 15 metres.

Browse all of our other varieties of Maple Trees & Hedging plants for sale here.

How Standard Trees are Measured: All the plants in the ornamental trees section are graded as standards, which means that they are measured by their girth in centimetres 1 metre above ground level (basically, their trunk's waist measurement). They aren't measured by their height, which will vary. So, a 6/8 standard has a trunk with a circumference of 6-8 centimetres and an 8/10 standard has a trunk 8-10 centimetres around. This measurement makes no difference to the tree's final height. Standard trees are 2 - 3.5 metres tall (on average) when they arrive; they are the most mature trees that you can buy from us.

History & uses of Cappadocian Maple Aureum:

Cappadocian Maples are native to Turkey, Iran and Eastern Europe. This variety was bred in Germany around 1914. It has won the RHS Award of Garden Merit.

Notes on planting Acer cappadocicum Aureum trees:
Your trees will grow on any fertile soil with decent drainage. They are quite shade tolerant, but we really recommend planting them in full sun.
These maples don't grow well on exposed sites and will suffer if they are planted beside a busy city road.

Prepare your site before planting:
It is good to dig over the site where you plant a tree several months in advance. Kill the weeds first: for tough weeds like nettles, brambles and ground elder, you will usually need a glyphosate based weed-killer to get rid of them. When you dig the soil over, remove stones and other rubbish and mix in well rotted compost or manure down to the depth of about 2 spades.

Watch our video on how to plant a tree for full instructions.
Remember to water establishing trees during dry weather for at least a year after planting.

Tree Planting accessories:
Prepare your site for planting by killing the weeds and grass with Roundup weed killer.
You can buy a tree planting pack with a wooden stake & rubber tie to support the tree and a mulch mat with pegs to protect the soil around the base of your tree from weeds and drying out.
We suggest that you use mycorrhizal "friendly fungi" on the roots of all newly planted large trees: if your soil quality is poor, we strongly recommend it.
You can also improve your soil with bonemeal organic fertiliser and Growmore.

After you plant a tree, the most important thing to do is water it in dry weather. You will also need to weed around the plants. Watering should be thorough, so the ground is soaked. Let the soil almost dry out before watering again. Watering & weeding will be necessary for at least a year after planting.

If your trees do need pruning, it is best to do this in mid-summer, unlike most deciduous trees. Acer species will bleed sap quite heavily if they are pruned at other times of the year, which makes it harder for them to heal. Always hire a tree surgeon to remove large branches.

Special notes on caring for Acer cappadocicum Aureum trees:
This is an ornamental tree that will perform best when it receives a yearly mulch of well-rotted manure or compost to help keep the soil around it fertile.
Remember to check the stake and tie supporting your trees a few times a year. Tighten the tie if it becomes loose and loosen it as the tree grows. Make sure that the tree's trunk isn't rubbing against the stake.

Hygiene & Diseases:
Dead, damaged or diseased wood can be pruned off as soon as it appears.
Disinfect your pruning tools between every cut if there is any sign of disease.
Burn or dispose of any diseased material, do not compost it.

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Delivery: Our standard delivery charges are:

Small box (Orders containing only seedlings or rooted cuttings) £7.20 including VAT per order (FREE For ORDERS Over £60 inc VAT)
Standard box (Bareroots up to 1.2m) £11.40 including VAT per order (FREE For ORDERS Over £60 inc VAT)
Large box (Pots up to and incl. 7.5L) £15.00 including VAT per order (FREE For ORDERS Over £100 inc VAT)
Trees & Hedging (Bareroots & trees 1.2m+) £18.00 including VAT per order (FREE For ORDERS Over £120 inc VAT)
Pallets (Root balls, large pots, trees etc) £60.00 including VAT per order (FREE For ORDERS Over £240 inc VAT)

Because couriers sometimes experience delays, we schedule delivery by week, not by day. Therefore, please plan your planting day for the weekend at the end of the delivery week or for the week following delivery, at the earliest.
We will email you the day before your plants are due to arrive.

*Surcharges to the Highlands and Islands still apply.

Payment: We do not charge your card until we begin to prepare your order for packing.

Guarantee: If any plants die within a year, we will replace them. We only ask that you follow our planting & growing instructions and sent us clear photographs of the dead plants in situ, so we can help to make sure that the replacement plants succeed. You only pay for the delivery of the replacements.

Please note that our guarantee is void if there is a hosepipe ban in your area: your newly planted hedging must be watered in dry weather while it is establishing. The best way to water is very thoroughly every few days: at least once a week if there is no heavy rain.

Our nursery has been supplying container grown and bareroot hedging plants to gardeners, farmers and town planners since 1949. Our website started in 2003, so we do understand the concerns that you may have about buying hedging plants online. If any of your plants are damaged when they arrive or if you are otherwise not satisfied with your order after you inspect it, please repackage it and contact us. We will give you a refund or send replacements and send a courier to come and collect the unwanted plants.

Golden Cappadocian Maple, Large Trees

Acer cappadocicum Aureum (Standard)

Tree Guard - Heavy Duty

From £4.02

Stakes - Tree Planting

From £6.96

Rootgrow

From £6.00

Tree Planting Pack

From £10.19

Acer cappadocicum Aureum Standard Trees

History & uses of Cappadocian Maple Aureum:

Bareroot planting is best done between October and April
Bareroot and potted - what's the difference?

Golden Cappadocian Maple, Large Trees

Acer cappadocicum Aureum (Standard)

Tree Guard - Heavy Duty

From £4.02

Stakes - Tree Planting

From £6.96

Rootgrow

From £6.00

Tree Planting Pack

From £10.19

Acer cappadocicum Aureum Standard Trees

History & uses of Cappadocian Maple Aureum:

Bareroot planting is best done between October and April Bareroot and potted - what's the difference?

Bareroot planting is best done between October and April
Bareroot and potted - what's the difference?