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Japanese Maples have long been garden favorites with their many different leaf colors and shapes. Choices are available from bright green to the deepest burgundy and large broad-leaf shapes down to the finest most delicate cut-leaf forms.
Japanese Maples give you great foliage colors through the spring and summer and then reward you even more with fabulous late autumn colors of burgundy, red, orange, and yellow. Just pick your flavor for the colors you want! Plus as an added benefit, the grey bark on older plants has a great deal of character that you can appreciate when the fall color is over.
Bloodgood Japanese Maple is the grand champion of Japanese Maples! This full size grower (20 to 30’) has large burgundy leaves all season long that become more intense in late fall. The large, rounded growth habit makes it perfect for use as a specimen tree, an accent plant, in a shrub border or in groups. Hardy to Zone 5.
Crimson Queen Japanese Maple is our favorite cut-leaf or lace-leaf form. It’s covered with deep burgundy-red leaves all season that match Bloodgood for their intense late autumn color. Slow growing with a beautiful weeping mounded habit to eventually 12’ wide and up to 8’ tall. Remember, it is slow so it takes years to reach this size. A wonderful addition to your garden as a specimen tree or an accent plant. Hardy to Zone 5.
Japanese Maples are easy to grow as long as you meet a few basic requirements. They do best in well-drained but moist soils with lots of organic material. Poor soils can be improved with the addition of a generous amount of compost or similar material and then use an organic mulch two to three inches deep. They will do best in a sunny location subject to full sun all day; you can help it do well by making sure the soil is amended to meet your maple’s needs. Be sure not to place them in a windswept location. They particularly will not like the winter winds. They leaf out early each spring so try to avoid frost pockets as well (low-lying areas that tend to get frost before other areas). These maples have very few insect problems and you will find they are low maintenance plants. If you ever need to do any pruning, late summer is the best time.
Overall, Japanese Maples will grow in Zones 5 through 8. Some varieties need slightly warmer temperatures and do well in Zones 6 through 8.
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