Maple Leaves Forever visited Winkelmolen Nursery Ltd. recently to introduce our new Executive Director Deb Pella Keen to the staff and to get her boots dirty with a tour of the nursery facilities and production fields. We were shown high quality Native Maple seedlings, saplings and larger trees growing in fertile soils as we travelled throughout the nursery. We were… READ MORE »Visit to Winkelmolen, June 2019
The hot, dry summer of 2018 has produced a heavier than normal “seed crop” on our Native Maples for 2019. During the past few weeks (early to late-June), our native red and silver maples have shed their seed crops where they are growing along city streets and in parklands. The larger silver maple seed can be seen along walkways and… READ MORE »Maple “seed crop” looks strong for 2019!
(Media Release from Forests Ontario – June 13, 2019) University of Toronto Schools Recognized as Forests Ontario’s Ontario Envirothon Champions Maple Leaves Forever awards generous cash prizes to top three teams Toronto, ON [June 20, 2019] – The Ontario Envirothon champions, University of Toronto Schools, were presented with a cash prize of $2,500 from charitable foundation Maple Leaves Forever for… READ MORE »MLF is proud to support 2019 Ontario Envirothon!
It’s finally spring in Ontario, and the leaves are showing on trees along our streets! Many people mistake the reddish-coloured leaves of the NON-NATIVE Crimson King Norway Maple, thinking it’s a Red Maple. In fact, the NATIVE Red Maple has green leaves in spring and summer, it’s only red in the fall.
We had a few nights with below freezing temperatures last week, but that didn’t slow up one of our earliest spring bloomers. Red Maple (Acer rubrum) started blooming in early April and this bit of cold wasn’t enough to interfere with seed development on these trees in central and southwestern Ontario. The flowers start out as tight red buds, often… READ MORE »Flowers in unexpected places – maples blooming
Maple Leaves Forever is happy to announce the appointment of our new Executive Director, Deb Pella Keen. “I’m very pleased that we have found someone as highly qualified and committed to trees and the environment as Deb Pella Keen, to lead Maple Leaves Forever into the future. I will continue to be involved with the organization, with more of the… READ MORE »Maple Leaves Forever welcomes new Executive Director
Sugar Maple (Acer saccarum) – A Native Maple VS Norway Maple (Acer plantanoides) – A Non-Native Maple Can you see the difference in twig, seed and leaf? Distinguishing tip: Break a Norway maple leaf petiole (stem) and the sap is white. Break a Sugar Maple petiole and sap is clear.
Our Tree Guy answered a call from a concerned landowner with a tree problem. Several of the maple trees that lined his laneway were showing an out-of-season ‘fall-like’ colour change. Premature leaf colour change is a reliable indicator of failing health. First thoughts were that the trees were suffering from extreme drought stress. The trees hadn’t been watered this year.… READ MORE »Early Fall leaf colour change indicates failing health
Maples and other trees can be damaged by drought stress in dry summer weather Southern Ontario frequently experiences hot, dry conditions during the summer months. When drought conditions are prolonged, these dry conditions can have a negative impact on our rural landscape. Deep rooted species like oaks have a higher tolerance of drought than more shallow-rooted species like sugar maple,… READ MORE »Watering trees especially important during summer drought conditions
A note from one of our rebate recipients: I talked with our friends at Maple Leaves Forever last week when the leaves on one of the sugar maples I planted along my laneway three years ago took on a wilted appearance. What’s up? I live and work in the city and escape to my farm on the weekends, so the… READ MORE »Lessons Learned – Tree-watering bags save wilted trees
