Moonrise Japanese Maple is a small deciduous tree with an upright habit and large, deeply lobed rounded foliage. Its leaves emerge red-pink and slowly transition to chartreuse while holding some malting of pink, and then turn shades of bright orange and deep red in fall. Grows best in part sun and moist well-drained soils.
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Type:
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Tree
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Origins:
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East Asia
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Height:
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10’ - 15’
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Spread:
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6’ - 10’
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Spacing:
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8’
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USDA Hardiness Zone:
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5 - 9
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Culture:
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Full Sun, Part Sun
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Bloom Color:
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Red
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Season of Interest:
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Multi-Season
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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, and Woodland Gardens.
COMPANION PLANTS: Black Bamboo, Pieris, Rhododendron
IMAGES: Peter Stevens, Maple leaves, (2) Leonora (Ellie) Enking, Acer shirasawanum 'Moonrise'
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown
