Unlike many plants, where each individual is very much the same as another, these trees are naturally very variable, with different leaf-forms, colors and tree shapes. More than an excuse for a picnic, momiji-gari is considered a lofty spiritual experience. Japanese Maple produce small flowers in spring and the seeds are the small ‘keys’ typical of all Maples, which twirl down to the ground in fall.įor many centuries the Japanese people have traveled to the countryside to see the fall color, like east-coast Americans admiring the Sugar Maple. However, the leaves are much smaller than on typical Maple trees and since many garden forms have deeply divided leaves they may not be immediately recognized as Maple trees. This tree grows in the shade of larger forest trees, which is why it is more shade-tolerant than most other deciduous trees.īeing a Maple tree it has the typical lobed leaf, with veins spreading out like the fingers of a hand and ending in five to nine lobes, with one lobe in the center of the leaf. The bark is smooth and gray on older limbs, but green, red or sometimes pink on younger shoots. As a wild tree it grows 20-35 feet tall, occasionally more, and usually has several trunks, rather than a single central trunk. Japanese Maples grow wild across the hills of Japan, Korea and into Mongolia and Russia too.
These slow growing, dwarf varieties are sure to be the highlight of your landscape. They can be grown in the garden, in containers and of course they are ideal subjects for the ancient Japanese art of bonsai.
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Compared with many other trees and shrubs, they have few pests or diseases and are versatile enough to thrive in locations ranging from full shade to full sun. With attention given to their location in the garden and some minimal care, they will thrive and increase in beauty every year. These small trees have a reputation for being hard to grow, but this is largely undeserved. There are also a wide number of varieties with red or purple leaves all summer, which bring a unique highlight to any garden. They may be upright in form, pendulous or cascading, with red or green leaves and as well as their stunning fall coloring, many have remarkable colors on their new, early spring leaves too. Some grow into small trees 20 feet or more in height, others remain as low shrubs reaching five feet only after many years of growth. A tree in fall is guaranteed to turn heads and gather admiring looks and the enormous variety of leaf forms, colors and tree shapes means that no matter what your taste or space restrictions, there will be a tree for you. It attracts visual attention and is resistant to deer, drought, insects, diseases, mildew and heat.Ĭrimson Queen Japanese Maple can be useful in the landscape along woodland borders, in foundation plantings, in containers or planters, in shrub borders, around decks, swimming pools, and other outdoor living areas, as an accent, under a shade tree, as a focal point, in landscape beds or islands or to add property value and also in rock or xeriscape gardens, theme gardens, perennial gardens or shade gardens.Japanese Maples are the most desirable garden trees that exist. The foliage is burgundy and red in color. It prefers growing in a location that provides full sun, shade, morning sun with afternoon shade, morning shade with afternoon sun or filtered sun and grows best when planted in sand, loam, clay or silt soil that is well drained.
It matures to an average height of 6 feet to 10 feet and an average width of 8 feet to 10 feet, depending on climate and other environmental factors. Dissectum 'Crimson Queen' is a slow and moderate growing tree that can be grown in USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 5A through 8B.
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