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Transplanting a Small Maple from a Flower Garden

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From: Bill Nowak City: Marseilles, IL
I have a small maple (about 18" tall with reddish leaves) that came up just after mothers day in a flower garden my daughter and I planted for my wife just outside our apartment window. It's October now & time to remove the flowers; Because we live in an apartment & the tree is close to the building, it can't stay where it's at, & I don't want to kill it, what are my options? Can I bring it indoors, leave it until spring then move it???
	Extension Message From: Jay Hayek Extension Specialist, Forestry Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences jhayek@illinois.edu
Greetings Bill: I suggest keeping the small maple seedling in the flower garden until early next spring -- then transplant it to a suitable location.
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