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How to grow Bloodgood Japanese Maple with a detailed description. Rich's Foxwillow Pines Nursery, Inc. - Acer japonicum – 'Aconitifolium'Fern Leaf Maple. Kamagata Japanese Maple. Acer palmatum var. dissectum. Japanese maple (Acer palmatum var. dissectum) AY-sir pal-MAY-tum variety dy-SEKT-um This round, mound-forming, deciduous Japanese maple has many qualities that make it an excellent garden plant, including a sculptural form, deeply cut foliage, arching shoots, and golden autumn color.

Acer palmatum var. dissectum

The reddish purple flowers are tiny but attractive up close. They are followed by winged fruit. Threadleaf Japanese maple makes a beautiful specimen in small gardens and can be grown in large containers or used for bonsai. Noteworthy Characteristics: Finely cut foliage; golden autumn color; cascading habit. Care: Needs fertile, moist but well-drained soil in sun or part shade. Propagation: Graft in late winter; bud in late summer. Problems: Maples are prone to aphids, scale insects, and caterpillars. Overview Uses Beds and Borders, Container, Specimen Plant/Focal Point, Waterside. Acer palmatum var. dissectum 'Dissectum Atropurpureum' Culture Easily grown in moist, organically rich, slightly acidic, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade.

Acer palmatum var. dissectum 'Dissectum Atropurpureum'

Grows well in sandy loams. Growing acer palmatum in pots. Great Plant Picks. Japanese Maple - Seiryu - Japanese Maple Tree. 'Seiryu' is a very unique Japanese maple that is unlike any in the world.

Japanese Maple - Seiryu - Japanese Maple Tree

Because it is so different, it is an incredible addition to any maple collection. First, it is extremely rare to have a dissectum grow in an upright form. Almost all other dissectums grow in a cascading or weeping form. 'Seiryu' is a strong upright grower with just the right amount of vigor. As 'Seiryu' matures it becomes multi-branched and gradually thickens to nice and shapely form. EBT Tree Shrub list. EBT Tree Shrub list. Acer palmatum var. dissectum ‘Garnet’ Acer • Maple • カエデ • 楓 • kaede Our Garden has only one, growing in the area W, by the exit from tea house garden.

Acer palmatum var. dissectum ‘Garnet’

It is a graceful and weeping small tree with lacy, deeply cut leaves, very well visible from the West path (behind the tea house garden), especially in fall when its deep brownish-red leaves turn into stunning and vivid red. SJG • 10/19/16 – Acer palmatum dissectum ‘Garnet’ – Area W, by the roji exit SJG • 10/19/16 – Acer palmatum dissectum ‘Garnet’ – fall LEAVES From Missouri Botanical Garden: Acer palmatum var. dissectum ‘Garnet’ Common Name: Japanese mapleType: Deciduous shrubFamily: SapindaceaeZone: 5 to 9Height: 6.00 to 9.00 feetSpread: 8.00 to 12.00 feetBloom Time: AprilBloom Description: Reddish-purple […] Acer palmatum ‘Koto-no-Ito’ Acer • Maple • カエデ • 楓 • kaede Edited 11/26/13 + new, autumn pics [The text below was prepared by SJG Plant Committee for docent maple training in fall 2013] One grows in area A and one in area F.

Acer palmatum ‘Koto-no-Ito’

The growth habit of ‘Koto-no-Ito’ is upright, becoming 10’ with a width of 3 to 5’ over many years. It is a Linearilobum type of maple with 5 or 7 long, narrow lobes. It has been described as the “dancing monkey tree” for the way the extremely narrow lobes dance in the wind. Japanese Maple Collection. ACER palmatum Osakazuki at Essence of the tree. Acer palmatum Beni musume at Essence of the tree. I love the enthusiastic spring growth with hot pink tipped branches going all over the place!

Acer palmatum Beni musume at Essence of the tree

Great fun to grow. Absolutely delightful small tree with hot pink tips on each branch.Continues to push hot pink as the year progresses slowly the leaves change to green and golden yellow in the fall. Very open and airy with wide reaching branches creating lots of movement. Later to emerge than many red spring color trees making it a good choice for colder climates.

Excellent for small gardens and containers. This product is eligible for quantity discounts. Attributes Leaf shape: palmate. Acer palmatum tsukasa. Acer palmatum 'Seiryu': Gardening. ‘Seiryu’ Japanese maple belongs to the Dissectum group of Acer palmatum cultivars.

Acer palmatum 'Seiryu': Gardening

But instead of the more common wide-spreading, bush-like habit of most selections in this plant group, ‘Seiryu’ grows upright like any self-respecting tree. For a Japanese maple, it’s fairly fast-growing, putting on a foot or more of growth a year but avoiding the “twigginess” of some selections. Its mature height is in the 15- to 20-foot-tall range, with a spread of 12 feet. Acer palmatum ‘Seiryu’ - Seiryu Japanese Maple - All Plants - Broken Arrow Nursery. Acer palmatum 'Ukigumo' - Ukigumo Japanese Maple - All Plants - Broken Arrow Nursery. Acer palmatum 'Tsukasa Silhouette' - Tsukasa Silhouette Japanese Maple - All Plants - Broken Arrow Nursery. Acer palmatum 'Spring Delight' - Spring Delight Japanese Maple - All Plants - Broken Arrow Nursery. Acer palmatum 'Orange Dream' - Orange Dream Japanese Maple - All Plants - Broken Arrow Nursery. Acer palmatum Takao. Learn how to plant and care for Japanese Maple Trees. Planting Japanese Maples is really pretty basic and following general good planting practices will provide a nice home your new tree.

Learn how to plant and care for Japanese Maple Trees

Here are a few important planting rules to follow; Selecting a good location based on sun exposure, drainage, soil conditions and space available as well as soil condition are the keys to providing an environment that will keep your tree healthy and happy. Lets first talk about sun exposure: The standard rule of thumb is Japanese Maples prefer a mostly shady location. This is true for most varieties. Next is soil drainage. Japanese maples prefer moist but well draining soil. Important: Adding gravel or loose media to the bottom of a poor draining hole does not help drainage, it just means you have gravel in the bottom of a poor draining hole.

Proper soil makeup or condition: Japanese maples do well in most types of soil. Japanese Maples prefer a slightly acidic soil PH, incorporating 20% peatmoss will lower the PH and add some moisture retention to the soil. Acer davidii - David Maple - All Plants - Broken Arrow Nursery. Acer Palmatum 'Amagi Shigure' is my Favorte Plant...This Week.

I didn't always like Acer palmatum.

Acer Palmatum 'Amagi Shigure' is my Favorte Plant...This Week

In fact, there was a time when I hated them because a few weeping varieties were extremely overused by developers. Throw an atlas cedar or other evergreen just left of center in a kidney shaped bed, add a weeping acer, some sword ferns, a rhododendron, and a few boulders, cover the whole thing with bark and voila - it's done. Once you start getting to know how many varieties exist and how beautiful they are throughout the seasons, it's easy to fall in love! Acer p. 'Amagi Shigure' is new to me this year and bears some similarities to others that I love but is quite vibrant right now. Coral Bark Maple - A tree for all seasons. Acer palmatum Red Pygmy. Acer palmatum Seiryu. Acer Corallinum and Corylus Red Majestic. Planting, Pruning, Care for Japanese Maples. Japanese Maple - Senkaki (Sango Kaku)

Japanese Maple - Suminagashi. Hort Shorts: Japanese Maples - Tilt's Baker's Dozen<sup>1</sup> Hello Everyone, I love our Alabama native plants and will stand in the middle of some Virginia sweetspires, Oakleaf hydrangeas or Summersweets and shout about the virtues and benefits of using our native plants to keep Alabama, Alabama.

Hort Shorts: Japanese Maples - Tilt's Baker's Dozen<sup>1</sup>

However, when the very caring, passionate native plant purists campaign to plant nothing but natives, I begin to hurt thinking about all the plants I would have to give up. First on that list are Japanese maples (Acer palmatum). I enjoy deep, heart-felt year-round pleasure looking at colors, textures, forms and sizes of this diverse group of plants. Life would not be the same without these jewels from the Orient. They also bring a source of pride and accomplishment when I get my grafts to take and I propagate my own collection to share with friends and family.

It is a slow growing small red shrub with a delicate, fine lace-like leaf. Please come back often and enjoy HortShorts as much as I enjoy posting them for you. Moonrise Japanese Maple. Crimson Queen Japanese Maple. Fireglow Japanese Maple. Growing Japanese Maple Trees in Containers. When it comes to growing Japanese maple trees in containers there is very little scientific research on the subject, however we can learn a lot by studying the methods used in bonsai.

The horticultural techniques used in the art of bonsai can be applied to growing Japanese maple trees in containers or a small garden. To begin you must first select a Japanese maple cultivar that will thrive in a container. Since maples are strong growing trees you will have plenty of cultivars to choose from. Pacific Coast Maples has many outstanding trees that grow well in containers. Aratama, Beni Maiko, Chishio Improved, Crimson Queen, Fireglow, Garnet, Inaba Shidare, Kamagata, Mikawa Yatsubusa, Osakazuki, Sango Kaku, Red Dragon, Seiryu, Shaina, Sharps Pygmy, Shin Deshojo, Shishi Yatsubusa, Shishigashira, Tamukeyama, and Winter Flame are trees we grow and all do very well when grown in a container Maples prefer acidic soil with a high air content. Ghost dancer japanese maple. Acer palmatum katsura. Matsugae japanese maple. Midori no teiboku japanese maple. Acer palmatum 'Aoyagi' Acer palmatum 'Fascination'

Acer palmatum 'Elegans' Acer palmatum 'Shin deshojo' Acer palmatum 'Beni maiko' Dancing peacock japanese maple aconitifolium tree. Dancing peacock japanese maple aconitifolium tree. Full-moon Maple. A QUICK LOOK AT MY JAPANESE MOON MAPLE TREE OR GOLDEN FULL MOON MAPLE Acer shirasawanum 'Aureum' Acer palmatum Kawahara no midori at Essence of the tree. Acer palmatum waterfall. Acer palmatum waterfall. Acer palmatum waterfall. Rich's Foxwillow Pines Nursery, Inc. - Acer palmatum – 'Waterfall'Japanese Maple. Essence of the tree. Choosing the Best Maple for Your Location Information to help you choose the perfect tree for colder climates, hot dry climates, hot humid climates and wet climates.

Growing Japanese Maples in Hard Water Areas There are a few amendments to soil and water to be successful growing in hard water areas. How We Ship Our shipping methods and schedules as well as our shipping charges. Planting Directions for Containers Japanese Maples are very well suited to growing in containers. Shantung Maples. Growing the Shantung Maple in Texas Conditions written by Keith Johansson for The Maple Society newsletter, published Summer, 2006. Acer truncatum, Shantung maple, is thriving and gaining popularity in difficult situations, like the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas area. I began commercially growing fifty plus varieties of Japanese, Shantung, and other maples in Fort Worth in 1994 under the name Metro Maples, but now I love the Shantung maple because of its toughness, good growth, and year-round beauty. Dr. Acer shirasawanum 'Moonrise' ACER palmatum Ueno homare at Essence of the tree. ACER palmatum Viridis at Essence of the tree.

ACER palmatum Satsuki beni at Essence of the tree.