Japanese Maple Acer
Many different cultivars of this maple have been selected and they are grown worldwide for their large variety of attractive forms leaf shapes.
Japanese maple acer. Apart from japanese maple it is also known as japanese maple smooth japanese maple blood leaf japanese maple green japanese maple palmate maple. Japanese maples are deciduous small trees renowned for their varied and changing colourful foliage. Japanese maples like a cool lightly shaded position in fertile free draining soil out of direct sun in summer. In the german market gardens it is often also offered as schlitzahorn which is also acer palmatum.
How to grow japanese maples. Small and slow growing with a graceful habit and beautiful foliage they re the perfect choice for even the tiniest of gardens. It includes a rich variety of deciduous shrubs or small trees with graceful habits elegantly cut leaves and extraordinarily colorful foliage particularly in the fall when the leaves warm up to dazzling shades of golden yellow red purple and bronze before shedding to the ground. While attractive close up the flowers are however not particularly showy from a distance.
Some varieties have particularly dramatic seasonal transformations with acer palmatum osakazuki being a favourite for morphing from green in spring and summer to bright scarlet in autumn. Regarded as one of the best purple leaved japanese maples award winning acer palmatum bloodgood is a large deciduous shrub or small rounded tree of great beauty in all seasons. Japanese maples are easy to grow in containers or in the ground with most preferring a sheltered shady spot. Acer palmatum commonly known as japanese maple palmate maple or smooth japanese maple japanese.
Irohamomiji イロハモミジ or momiji 紅葉 is a species of woody plant native to japan korea china eastern mongolia and southeast russia. Japanese maple acer palmatum can vary in height and size a little because they are grown from seed but in all cases it is a lovely small tree and very popular. They have a five lobed leaf and light green spring foliage usually turning deep orange and crimson in autumn. The delicate spring foliage of five or seven.
Acer palmatum is a spectacular exotic plant and an attractive enrichment for small or large gardens. The growth of the japanese maple is usually shrubby although it can also be cultivated as a tree. In bright sun especially in windy locations the delicate foliage is easily scorched. Japanese maple scientifically known as acer palmatum is a member of the aceraceae family native to japan north korea south korea china eastern mongolia and southeast russia.
It is a deciduous. They thrive under the shelter of taller deciduous trees.