![]() The success of your bonsai depends on a variety of factors, most notably watering and light. ![]() In warmer conditions, the leaves can be a shade of green but will mature to red. ![]() The bonsai can be defoliated during the summer months for desired foliage. Trees may arrive with some leaf burn which is a normal process of growth and leaf rotation. However, due to their deciduous nature, we recommend them for intermediate and advanced enthusiasts.ĭuring the warmer months, leaf scorch may occur for this species of maple if exposed to Heat, Dry Winds, Water Quality - High (Alkaline) pH of water (over 6.5), and Salt. Japanese maple trees are easy to take care of. Their growth patterns also make them very easy to train. Japanese Maple bonsai trees, or Acer Palmatum, are highly prized as bonsai due to their unique leaves. During the fall, the leaves begin to darken to purple. Foliage remains red even during Spring and Summer months. The foliage has deeply cut, dissected leaves that spread out nicely. In spring they are tipped with red, change to green then have yellow, red or orange tones in the fall.This variety of Japanese Maple features a very unique, lacy foliage. Leaves: Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics: Deciduous Leaf Color: Green Red/Burgundy Leaf Value To Gardener: Showy Deciduous Leaf Fall Color: Gold/Yellow Red/Burgundy Leaf Type: Simple Leaf Shape: Pinnatisect Leaf Margin: Lobed Hairs Present: No Leaf Length: 1-3 inches Leaf Width: 1-3 inches Leaf Description: The lacy deeply dissected leaves are up to 2 inches long.Flowers: Flower Color: Red/Burgundy Flower Inflorescence: Insignificant Flower Bloom Time: Spring Flower Description: Small reddish flowers in spring.Cultural Conditions: Light: Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day) Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours) Soil Texture: Clay High Organic Matter Loam (Silt) Sand Soil pH: Acid (Whole Plant Traits: Plant Type: Tree Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics: Deciduous Habit/Form: Erect Vase Growth Rate: Medium Maintenance: High Medium Texture: Fine.Attributes: Genus: Acer Species: palmatum Family: Sapindaceae Life Cycle: Woody Recommended Propagation Strategy: Grafting Stem Cutting Dimensions: Height: 10 ft.Tags: #small spaces #specimen #showy leaves #low maintenance #spring flowers #fall interest #Japanse garden #self-seeding #spring interest #Asian garden #fall color yellow #walkway planting #fall color red #weed Profile Video: See this plant in the following landscape: Asian Garden- Japanese Cultivars / Varieties: VIDEO Created by Elizabeth Meyer for " Trees, Shrubs and Conifers" a plant identification course offered in partnership with Longwood Gardens. The Clemson Cooperative Extension Home and Garden Information Center has a factsheet on common maple diseases and insect pests. It self-seeds easily so can spread and become weedy in the landscape. Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: Aphids, scale, maple worms, leafrollers, and leafhoppers are occasional pests. Anthracnose, leaf scorch, and frost damage, especially from late frosts, can occur. Use in an Asian garden, in small spaces, or as a specimen. In hot summer areas, it will do best with afternoon shade to prevent leaf scorch. ![]() It prefers well-drained, acidic, humusy soils in full sun to partial shade. It is very ornamental with leaves being red-tipped in spring then gold in fall. ‘Seiryu’ or Lace-leaf Japanese maple is the only dissected form of Japanese maple that has an upright habit, growing 10 to 15 feet high and 8 to 12 feet wide. Acer is Latin for sharp in and palmatum means shaped like a hand referring to the shape of the leaves. Weeping as well as upright varieties exist, and the species is well noted for its beautiful deep red and orange summer color that deepens into the fall. The Japanese maple is a short tree in the Sapindaceae (soapberry) family, native to southeast Korea and central and south Japan, and noted for having many aesthetically pleasing forms. Phonetic Spelling AY-ser pahl-MAY-tum Description ![]()
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