I was talking to the landlords dad yesterday and he mentioned that the trees on the borders of the weed patch are different kinds of maples. And as I was weeding today I noticed that there appear to be a bunch of seedlings about 4 inches tall in an area that the landlord doesn't want them. I'm wondering what I should do. Do maples seed very easily or is this just a weed that looks like it has maple leaves on it? Is there such a weed? The seedlings are all in the shade.

tk, i have silver leaf maple growing out the yinyang. they are prolific weed trees if you aren't careful. so, if you want to move a maple go ahead, or pull it up, or mow it down, or whatever works...

Thank you jiffymouse,

I didn't know that. Better get them now before they are bigger than I am lol. The one to the left of the garden is in bloom and has big green and orange flowers. It looks kind of strange to me I grew up around pine trees and they don't do that. The one in the middle bloomed really early in the spring and had little flowers kinda pinkish. I wonder what the 3rd one will do. It has branches that in the fall when all the leaves are gone look like a chandlier with candle holders on the ends of the branches.

I love gardening it's such an adventure.

me too!!!

Ok the maple seedlings are alllllll gone. Whew the steeps part of the slope too.

And so do I!!!! The little seedling things (hubby calls them whirly birds) go everywhere! We could have started a maple tree farm! I pick handfuls of sprouting maple trees out of my garden, flower beds and lawn every day...It drives me crazy!

Ok, so what ya'll are saying is that it's a blessing in disguise that I've killed 4 maples that I've planted?? I just can't keep them!! Well, one was doing ok.. till my kiddo whacked it with the rake & chopped it down. Oh well. I may as well plant a messy crabapple there.. at least those are growing!!

Meg