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Autumn Moon Japanese Maple - 2 Gallon Pot
Autumn Moon Japanese Maple - 2 Gallon Pot
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$90.98 USD
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$105.00 USD
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$90.98 USD
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Autumn Moon Japanese Maple
Acer shirasawanum 'Autumn Moon'
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5a-8b Find Your Zone
Height at Maturity: 10-15'
Width at Maturity: 8-10'
Growth Habit / Form: Upright, Rounded Vase Shape
Growth Rate: Moderate, Fast
Foliage Color in Spring: Chartreuse, Lime Green, Orange
Foliage Color in Summer: Chartreuse to Yellow, Lime Green, Orange (More intense with more sun)
Foliage Color in Fall: Gold, Orange, Brilliant Fiery Crimson
Light Needs: Morning Sun with Dappled or Afternoon Shade, All Day Filtered Sun, Full to Mostly Sun in cooler climates
Water Needs: Average, moderately drought tolerant when established
Soil Type: Sandy, Loam & Clay (Condition heavy clay soils when planting)
Drainage: Well drained soil is a must!
Soil pH: 5.0 - 7.0 is ideal
Maintenance: Low
Resistances: Deer, Heat, Humdity, Insect, Disease, Sun Tolerant
Description
An absolutely lovely small to medium sized cultivar of Full Mull Maple, 'Autumn Moon' displays elegance and wonderful color throughout the growing season. In spring, the reticulated leaves often emerge variegated light green to gold with bronze and orange tones. Summer intensifies these colors in more sun while a shadier environment brings soft golden to yellow and light green shades with flushes of orange. Fall brings brilliant shades of darker gold and orange ending in fiery red. This beauty can be grown in full to mostly sun in cooler climates but will appreciate some afternoon shade or filtered sun during the mid afternoon hours in warmer climates. Excellent in pots or the ground, Autumn Moon is a moderate grower that might reach 10 feet in as many years.
Landscape & Garden Uses
To showcase its magnificence and beauty, a Japanese Maple is best used in the landscape as a focal point specimen to draw attention to a specific area of the home or landscape. That said, you can plant them in groupings of three or plant one on both sides of an entryway.
Suggested Spacing: At least 15 feet apart for space between trees
Container culture can extend the useful range of Japanese Maples. They are extremely easy to grow in containers, a practice taken to its most extreme form in the art of bonsai. Click on the link below under Helpful Articles for Japanese Maple container planting instructions.
Note: One Japanese Maple can make a landscape...that is, if you don't overcrowd it with other trees and plants. Therefore, when choosing companions to plant under or around your Japanese Maple, make sure to select low-growing shrubs or groundcovers that won't interfere at all with your tree.
Note: For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 5a, where this Japanese Maple variety is not reliably winter hardy, you'll be happy to know it can be grown in containers that can be brought indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.
Growing Preferences
Though delicate looking, Japanese Maples are actually very tough and long-lived trees. They are very easy to grow. Container culture can extend their useful range. They are extremely easy to grow in containers, a practice taken to its most extreme form in the art of bonsai.
In their natural habitat, Japanese Maples are understory trees, growing in dappled forest sunlight at the edges of woodlands. Ideally Autumn Moon Japanese Maple prefers to be grown in similar conditions. That said, in cooler climates it will handle full to mostly sun quite well. Sun-tolerant Japanese Maple varieties.
Most any average garden soil will grow Japanese Maples. They prefer a moist but well-drained soil rich in organic matter. As with so many other ornamental plants and trees, constantly soggy or wet soil can be problematic. So make sure to plant your Japanese Maple in a well-drained site.
Helpful Articles
Click on a link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant and care for Japanese Maple trees.
How To Plant A Japanese Maple Tree In The Ground
How to Plant A Japanese Maple Tree In A Pot
How To Fertilize And Water A Japanese Maple Tree
How To Prune A Japanese Maple
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As always, this arrived very well packaged and the tree is very healthy. It has been planted and is doing very well. Wilson Bros is highly recommended. The packaging is much better than I have seen anywhere else and the trees are always very healthy .---------------------------------------------------------We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! :) Beth Steele | WBG
Received quickly and without damage or stress. The tree is a beauty, well filled out on all sides. Love it!-----------------------------------------------We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! :) Beth Steele | WBG
Hi again,
The small tree is growing:)
My best to you all.-----------------------------------------------------We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! :) Beth Steele | WBG
