One Tree Down, One Tree Up

A new maple tree replaced the KPVA maple tree removed in October 2024. With guidance from and installation by McKinley Garden Center in Mishawaka, the newcomer is an Acer x 'Celzam' Celebration® hybrid maple.

Workers descend hill with 2-inch tree on ball cart.

Among the Celebration®  tree's special characteristics, per the Purdue Arboretum, are:

• drought tolerant

• wet soil tolerant

• fall color

• fast growth rate

• and specimen.

New maple is planted near the tree cut down in fall 2024.

The Morton Arboretum notes, "Freeman’s maple is a hybrid of red maple and silver maple; the cross yields both the strong branch attachment of the red maple and the fast growth rate of the silver maple."

A bucket of root stimulator concludes the installation.

The felled maple was near the intersection of the parcel owned by KPVA and adjoining properties. Prior to planting, the ground was marked via Indiana 811. The new location had to consider the old stump and roots, topography, and the marked utilities along the easement.

The homeowners of Lots 13 and 14 paid for the purchase, delivery, and installation of the new 2-inch balled and burlapped tree after completing an Exterior Modification Request.