Collection of maples in the botanical garden was started in the early 40s. The first part of the collection have been introduced exotic species: field maple (A. campestre), ginnala maple (A. ginnala), box elder (A. negundo), silver maple (A. saccharinum), Tatarian maple (A. tataricum), as well as local maple aquifolium (A. platanoides). Currently, the collection consists of 31 taxa — 23 species, 1 subspecies and 7 cultivars. Geographically, in the collection include representatives of all four regions of the spread of maples: the North American region – 9, Caucasian-European — 12, Central Asian — 1, East Asian — 9 taxa.
Maples species and varieties in collection:
- Acer campestre L.
- Acer campestre ssp. leiocarpon (Wall.) Pax
- Acer circinatum Pursh
- Acer ginnala Maxim
- Acer hyrcanum Fisch. et Mey
- Acer manshuricum Maxim
- Acer mono Maxim
- Acer monspessulanum L.
- Acer negundo L.
- Acer negundo L. ‘Flamingo’
- Acer negundo ‘Aureo-variegatum’
- Acer negundo ‘Aureum’
- Acer palmatum Thunb
- Acer platanoides L.
- Acer platanoides ‘Crimson King’
- Acer platanoides ‘Drummondii’
- Acer platanoides ‘Schwedleri’
- Acer pseudoplatanus L.
- Acer pseudoplatanus ‘Purpurascens’
- Acer pseudosieboldianum (Pax)
- Acer saccharinum L.
- Acer spicatum Lam
- Acer tataricum L.
- Acer tegmentosum Maxim
- Acer ukurunduense Trautv. et Mey
- Dipteronia Oliv
