In too many of today’s neighborhoods, we are not planting many of these ‘generational’ Trees, a mistake we will regret as the years pass.īower & Branch grows ‘Green Mountain’ Sugar Maple, a selection of the native Sugar Maple that performs well in adverse conditions or urban conditions. I am quite certain it was these two trees that I first noticed and began to appreciate, first for the climbing and tire swings but later for the memories I have of each fall, the summer shade and the history those two trees were part of. I grew up in a small New England town in a traditional New England home which did have two marriage Sugar Maples in the front yard. Of course, Sugar Maple is the number one source of syrup for producing Maple Syrup but did you know that Sugar Maple wood is the preferred flooring for the NBA or that Maple wood is used for bowling alleys and the pins! Sugar Maple is also the state tree of New York. These marriage trees can be seen still today throughout the Northeast, one for her and one for him, having magnificent size and beauty some of these trees today are nearly 150′ in height! Sugar Maples were used as ‘marriage’ trees years ago where two young Sugar Maples would be planted in the front yards of the homes of newlyweds. Even today, these native trees line the streets of many quaint New England towns. Sugar Maples have defined traditional small towns throughout the Northeast since the early settlers arrived. Most all of us are familiar in some way with these stately, magnificent and beautiful trees.
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