Type: |
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Origins: |
East Asia |
Height: |
15’ - 20' |
Spread: |
4' - 8' |
Spacing: |
7' |
USDA Hardiness Zone: |
5 - 9 |
Culture: |
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Bloom Color: |
Purple |
Season of Interest: |
MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance. Water regularly. Mulch in southern climates to keep roots cool. Keep pruning to a minimum and prune in fall or winter. Potential issues include stem canker, leaf spots, fusarium, wilt, botrytis, anthracnose, and root rots. Potential insect pests include aphids, scale, borers, root weevils, and mites. Chlorosis may occur in high pH soils
LANDSCAPE USES: Group Plantings or Specimen Tree, Woodland Gardens, and Street Tree,.
COMPANION PLANTS: Hosta, Pieris, Rhododendron
IMAGES: Photoset by Famartin, along Tranquility Court in the Franklin Farm section of Oak Hill, Fairfax County, Virginia, (1) 2022-05-10 16 01 26 A green-leaved Japanese Maple sapling in mid-late spring, CC BY-SA 4.0, (2) 2022-04-24 08 28 51 Red-leaf Japanese Maple, Flowering Dogwood and azaleas blooming, CC BY-SA 4.0, (3) 2019-04-25 10 25 57 New spring leaves on a green-leaf Japanese Maple, CC BY-SA 4.0
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.