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Please note once despatched, your delivery may take 1-3 days due to the high volume with the couriers. Your plants will be fine during this time.
Full plant information & availability is shown online.
The nursery is now open to the public between 10am and 4pm. Please follow instructions on site, card payments only, no cash. Click and collect is also available.
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Sorry, you cannot proceed to the checkout right now as we are having to limit the number of orders we can process each hour. Your basket will be saved for you - we ask that you please try to place your order later, and thank you for your patienceACER palmatum
Commonly known as Japanese maple
Green Japanese maple. Japanese maples will not generally tolerate exposed windy sites and prefer sheltered protection
Further Reading....
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Deciduous - rounded, shallowly to deeply, 5- to 9-lobed, mid-green leaves 5-12cm (2-5in) long, turning orange to yellow or red in autumn.
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Red - red-purple -
Height - 8m (26ft) -
Spread - 10m (33ft)
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Tall Shrub - most cultivars are low growing and shrubby.
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Tree - round-headed tree. Tiny flowers are followed by red-winged fruits
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Hardy - very cold winter - Hardy in all of UK and northern Europe. Plant can possibly withstand temperatures down to -20°C (-4°F) -
Full sun - shelter from cold winds and late frosts. -
Partial shade -
Additional Features - Pests & Diseases - - aphids, mites, scale insects, caterpillars, Verticillium wilt, leaf scorch, honey fungus. -
Place of origin - China, Korea, Japan. -
Hardiness - Fully hardy -
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Seasonal Interest - Autumn -
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Soil Conditions - Fertile moist well-drained soil -
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Tree Shape - Rounded to broadly spreading -
Acers - Care Guide
- Garden Cultivation
- Pests & Diseases
- Propagation
- Further Reading
- Scorching & Dieback - Video Tip ondemand_video
Planting to avoid allergic reactions and asthma
- Allergic reactions and pollen
- Plants which produce masses of pollen - to avoid
- Plants producing little pollen - relatively safe!
Shrubs - Care Guide
- How to plant/move a shrub
- How to plant/move a shrub - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Fertisiling shrubs - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Mulching - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Pruning a shrub - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Summer propagation - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Taking semi-ripe cuttings -Video Tip ondemand_video
- Self-sown seedlings - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Trimming a shrub - Video Tip ondemand_video
Shrubs and Trees - Seeds - 1) Collecting Seeds
- When is the right time to collect seeds?
- When are seeds actually ripe and ready for collection?
- Magnolia seed collection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Cornus capitata seed collection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Rhododendron seed collecting - Video Tip ondemand_video
Shrubs and Trees - Seeds - 2) Storing Seeds
Shrubs and Trees - Seeds - 3) Planting Seeds
Trees - Care Guide
- How to plant a tree - Video Tip ondemand_video
- How to plant a tree
- Checking ties - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Restaking fallen young tree - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Fallen old tree - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Spring pruning - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing side shoots - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Deer protection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Weed Spraying - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing Ivy - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Tree Survey - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Crown uplift - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing shoots below graft - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing peeling bark - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Maintaining variegation - Video Tip ondemand_video
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8m (26ft)
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Buy Varieties of ACER palmatum
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ACER palmatum 'Asahi-zuru' >
Commonly known as: Japanese maple.
Pinkish white variegation on young leaves later turning three coloured as the green shows through
ACER palmatum 'Atropurpureum' >
Commonly known as: Blood-leaf Japanese maple.
Purple Japanese maple, brilliant red in autumn
ACER palmatum 'Beni-otake' >
Commonly known as: Japanese maple.
Dwarfish maple with deeply dissected foliage of deep reddish purple
ACER palmatum 'Bloodgood' >
Commonly known as: Japanese maple.
Striking dark purplish-red foliage, bright red in autumn
ACER palmatum 'Crippsii' >
Commonly known as: Japanese maple.
Elegant slow growing form with finely cut bronze-red leaves
ACER palmatum dissectum 'Burgundy Lace' >
Commonly known as: Cut leaf maple, Japanese maple.
A small spreading tree with wine-red leaves divided into narrowly toothed lobes
ACER palmatum dissectum 'Crimson Princess' >
Commonly known as: Cut-leaf maple, Japanese maple.
Red new growth turning bronze in summer and scarlet in autumn
ACER palmatum dissectum 'Crimson Queen' >
Commonly known as: Cut-leaf maple, Japanese maple.
Deep reddish purple throughout the summer with fiery autumn tones
ACER palmatum dissectum 'Flavescens' >
Commonly known as: Japanese maple.
Green-yellow divided leaves with orange-yellow autumn colour
ACER palmatum dissectum 'Garnet' >
Commonly known as: Cut-leaf maple, Japanese maple.
Strong growing form with deep garnet-red leaves with finely cut lobes
ACER palmatum dissectum 'Inaba-shidare' >
Commonly known as: Japanese maple.
Red stalked leaves with deep purplish lobes. Crimson autumn colour
ACER palmatum dissectum 'Seiryu' >
Commonly known as: Cut-leaf maple, Japanese maple.
Weeping lace leafed maple with upright growth to 10ft and arching branches. Bright green foliage in spring colouring golden yellow in autumn
ACER palmatum dissectum 'Tamukeyama' >
Commonly known as: Japanese maple.
Mound-forming weeping habit. Red new growth. Purple-red in summer. Brilliant red in autumn
ACER palmatum dissectum 'Viridis' >
Commonly known as: Green cut-leaf maple.
Light green, ragged foliage turning crimson in autumn
ACER palmatum 'Fireglow' >
Commonly known as: Japanese maple.
Deep purple-red foliage similar to 'Bloodgood' but considered to be an improved form
ACER palmatum 'Japanese Sunrise' >
Commonly known as: Japanese maple.
Yellow-green leaves in spring, deep green in summer and gold in autumn. Brightly coloured bark. Tolerant of sun
ACER palmatum 'Kamagata' >
Commonly known as: Japanese maple.
Red-tinted green leaves turning scarlet in autumn
ACER palmatum 'Metamorphosa' >
Commonly known as: Japanese maple.
A 2018 RHS Plant of the Year finalist. The leaf colour starts a pale yellowish-green, then develops white edging to the leaf in late spring., the leaves turn reddish in parts of the plant in the summer and the autumn colour is a golden-yellow. A true metamorphosis in a season
ACER palmatum 'Moonfire' >
Commonly known as: Japanese maple.
Deeply-lobed wine-red leaves in spring and summer turning fiery-red in autumn
ACER palmatum 'Orange Dream' >
Commonly known as: Japanese maple.
Yellow-golden leaves unfold in spring becoming greenish in summer and orange-yellow as autumn nears
ACER palmatum 'Osakazuki' >
Commonly known as: Japanese maple.
Slightly bronze foliage, scarlet autumn colour
ACER palmatum 'Red Emperor' >
Commonly known as: Japanese maple.
Red foliage in spring and summer turning crimson-red in autumn. Upright habit
ACER palmatum 'Red Pygmy' >
Commonly known as: Japanese maple.
A slow growing dwarf form with reddish-purple leaves
ACER palmatum 'Sango-kaku' >
Commonly known as: Coral bark maple, Japanese maple.
('Senkaki') - young branches coral-red. Good yellow autumn colour
ACER palmatum 'Scolopendriifolium' >
Commonly known as: Japanese maple.
Green leaves with 7 long linear segments which are thin and narrow. A very dainty appearance and a soft yellow colouration in autumn. One of the best forms of A.palmatum in the garden at Burncoose
ACER palmatum 'Scolopendriifolium' 'Atropurpureum' >
Commonly known as: Japanese maple.
Bronze form of this excellent narrow leaved acer
ACER palmatum 'Shaina' >
Commonly known as: Japanese maple.
Upright growing compact and dense variety with bright red new foliage which matures to deep maroon red
ACER palmatum 'Shidava Gold' >
Commonly known as: Japanese maple.
Bright green stem. Fresh green leaves turning gold in autumn
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