Japanese Maple Not Turning Red
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Japanese maple not turning red. Red japanese maples do appreciate a few hours daily of direct sun. Direct morning sun with afternoon shade or filtered sun will provide for the darkest red color. Japanese maples stay small in size and are low maintenance trees. Some do some don t.
In some cases it is because some of the hybrids simply do not go red at all. 2 too much or not enough sun. Without chlorophyll red maples turn red or yellow. The tree may need more nitrogen or iron or just new mulch.
In autumn the leaves of sourwood sumacs dogwoods and some maples often turn red or purple like the brandywine maple. As a result the leaves can no longer produce chlorophyll which normally gives the leaves their bright green color. Have you ever wondered why some japanese maples turn red and others don t. But what is the reason when two seemingly identical trees act differently.