species
Acer palmatum
Japanese maple
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1] · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
Acer palmatum belongs to the family Sapindaceae, also known as Japanese maple, introduced to the UK. It reaches 6 m tall and 5 m across in about 10 years. It grows in part shade or full sun, on loam or sand soil, where the ground is acid or neutral and in moist or well drained conditions, and suits sheltered positions. It flowers in May. Its RHS hardiness rating is H6 (hardy, very cold winter): −20 to −15°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 6 m tall × 5 m across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H6 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Part shade, Full sun
- Soil
- Loam, Sand
- Acidity
- Acid, Neutral
- Moisture
- Moist, Well drained
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- In the UK
- Introduced
When it flowers
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
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