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- Japanese maple - The popular exotic in the profile
- The Japanese maple in a nutshell
- Varied Japanese maples
- Japanese maples impress with their color splendor
- Tips
The Japanese Maple can grow to over 10 feet tall
Japanese maple - The popular exotic in the profile
The Japanese maple has been found more and more frequently in German gardens for several years now. This is not only due to its extremely filigree foliage, which offers an impressive colourfulness in autumn, but also due to its rather low growth. In this profile, we introduce you to the beautiful exotopes in more detail.
The Japanese maple in a nutshell
Varied Japanese maples
Originally, the Japanese Maple (Acer japonicum) comes from the mountain forests of the Japanese islands of Hokkaido and Honshu, where he can reach heights of growth of up to ten meters and crown widths between five and six meters in age. For us, the slow-growing tree, however, remains much smaller. In the trade mainly the Japanese Maple ('Aconitifolium') and the Japanese Japan Maple ('Vitifolium') are available. In addition, under the name "Japanese Maple" or "Japanese Maple" various species are summarized, which are not identical with Acer japonicum, but are very closely related. These include, in particular, the Japanese fan maple (Acer palmatum) and the gold maple (Acer shirasawanum).
Japanese maples impress with their color splendor
All Japanese maples are very suitable for small gardens due to the rather slow growth and can also be grown in sufficiently large buckets without much effort. Furthermore, the filigree leaves with an impressive autumn color, which - depending on the variety and location - can turn orange or yellow-red to bright scarlet. Some Japanese maples also show a pretty red coloration during the spring shoot, while the summer foliage is mostly fresh green.
Tips
The sunnier and more sheltered the location, the more intense the fall coloration turns out. However, this rule of thumb can not be applied to all Japanese maples, because some species and variety tolerate no direct and intense sunlight.