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- Japanese Maple - The fascinating ornamental tree in a portrait
- The fan maple - the most important information at a glance
- Filigree Japanese maple fits in (almost) every garden
- Japanese maple for every taste
- Tips
The fan maple captivates with its beautiful autumn color
Japanese Maple - The fascinating ornamental tree in a portrait
Typically, the fan maple - whether green or red Japanese maple - has filigree, hand-shaped foliage that can be lobed or very slit. In autumn, the rather short-grown, shrubby woken exotic shows an impressive autumn color. In this profile you will learn more about the fascinating ornamental tree.
The fan maple - the most important information at a glance
Filigree Japanese maple fits in (almost) every garden
The Japanese maple has pretty, up to 20 centimeters long, deeply slotted or lobed leaves, which are - depending on the variety - either green or red. Red maple, especially popular is the cultivar 'Atropurpureum', which thrives in the summer with its picturesque bronze-purple leaves that turn into a rich red in autumn. In the case of the Green varieties, on the other hand, Ozakazuki enjoys great popularity. The slowly awake trees can reach a height of up to three or four meters with us, but in the trade also various dwarf varieties are available. The latter in particular are wonderfully suitable for a tub culture. Depending on the sunlight, the summer-green (or -red) leaves turn bright orange in autumn to deep red.
Japanese maple for every taste
When gardeners the fan maple is sometimes also under the name, Schlitzahorn 'available, which, however, is also Acer palmatum. However, there are other Japanese maples that are very similar to the Japanese maple. These include the native in the mountains Hokkaidos and Honshus Japanese Maple (Acer japonicum) and the very rare gold maple (Acer shirasawanum). These three species are often summarized in this country under the generic term "Japanese Maple".
Tips
Traditionally, the Japanese maple is announcing autumn, and it is also widely used in the ancient art of bonsai.