Love Creek Nursery - Bigtooth Maple Trees

Love Creek Nursery has been the principle propagator of Bigtooth maples in Texas for about 20 years. We have 4000 to 5000 trees of all sizes and sell to both nurseries and individuals. All of our trees are individually pruned and trained.

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Bigtooth Maple
(Acer grandidentatum)

A hardy Texas native tree with no disease or insect problems
Immune to Oak Wilt
Provides a brilliant display of Fall Color
Drought tolerant, a native of dry climates
Grows in any kind of soil, but is an excellent choice in thin, rocky, alkaline or caliche soils where other varieties struggle
Grows 3 or 4 feet a year with proper fertilization
A durable hardwood that lives hundreds of years
Attains a height of 50 feet

These beautiful maple trees are called "Lost" because there are a few small native populations in such places as the Wichita Mountains, Fort Hood, Lost Maples Park and the Guadalupe Mountains in West Texas, all hundreds of miles apart and "lost" from other maples. Each population is a relic of the last Ice Age, 10,000 years ago, and the localities in which they have found refuge and survived are canyons with perennial streams. When conditions are right in the fall, the Lost Maples put on a breathtaking display of blazing autumn foliage with spectacular hues of scarlet, gold, orange, yellow, and burgundy.

Lost Maples are native hardwood trees that will thrive not only in the rocky, alkaline soils of the Hill Country and Central Texas, but most other soils too. Many thousands of Lost Maples have been planted throughout the state in various soil types since we started growing them in 1982. They are virtually disease and insect free, and are not susceptible to Oak Wilt. With proper fertilization and care, they will grow rapidly at a rate of three to four feet a year and live for hundreds of years. It's great beauty and adaptability make it one of Texas' most desirable trees. It has very upright growth and durable wood, making it ideal for street plantings.

Notice

For more than 20 years Love Creek Nursery has been the principal supplier of Bigtooth maples in Texas. Because of the popularity of these maples we were sold out of all larger trees at the end of 2006 and will only have small trees in 5-gallon containers available starting in the summer of 2007. We have more than 5000 small maples in stages of growth, but it will be a few years before they can be grown to size. If you wish to be put on our waiting list, please send us your postal and email address either by email or on our toll free number. We will stay in touch with you and notify you when larger trees are available again.

We promise to have a greatly increased stock of these beautiful trees available in a couple of years. Thanks for your patience!

Monday - Friday from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm and Saturday by special appointment.

5 Gallon Maple Trees are available at Love Creek Cider Mill
Monday - Sunday from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Visit our Medina location to purchase Bigtooth Maple Trees. You'll also find our delicious apple goodies, yummy Fresh Apple Ice Cream and Cold Apple Cider. You'll enjoy the drive through the Texas Hill Country to the Cider Mill and Country Store in Medina for a memorable experience.

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