Maple

sugar maples have three lobes (like the flag) while Norway maples have five lobes with pointy, tapered tips.

Viking maples invade Canada

Stephen Westcott-Gratton

The widely planted Norway maple (Acer platanoides) is native from Scandinavia to Turkey, but imported to Canada and now an invasive species.

Fallen maple keys often produce saplings in unwanted places. (Photo by Pixabay)

How to remove maple saplings?

Beckie Fox

How to permanently get rid of the hundreds of maple saplings (about 2-3 inches tall) which grew naturally from dropped keys?

'Mount Airy' fothergilla's fall foliage is a lovely shade of orange-apricot. (Photo by Brendan Zwelling)

Small shrubs with autumn colour

Judith Adam

Small shrubs will take on bright autumn hues. 'Mount Airy' fothergilla's fall foliage is a lovely shade of orange-apricot.

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