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Yezo Nishiki Japanese Maple - 5 Gallon Pot (6-7')

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Yezo Nishiki Japanese Maple – 5 Gallon Pot (6-7′)

Original price was: $229.97.Current price is: $95.99.

SKU: D2LSC 9811562667 Category: JAPANESE MAPLE TREES

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Yezo Nishiki Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum ‘Yezo Nishiki’

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5a-9b Find Your Zone

Height at Maturity: 15-20′

Width at Maturity: 15-20′

Growth Habit / Form: Upright, Broad

Growth Rate: Moderate

Foliage Color in Spring: Purplish Red shades

Foliage Color in Summer: Green flushed Red with Red new growth

Foliage Color in Fall: Brilliant Orange and Red Shades

Light Needs: Full Sun or Mostly Sun, Morning Sun with Dappled or Afternoon Shade, All Day Filtered Sun, Morning Shade with Evening Sun

Water Needs: Average, moderately drought tolerant when established

Soil Type: Clay, Loam, Sandy, Silty (Condition heavy clay soils when planting)

Drainage: Well drained soil is a must!

Soil pH: 5.0 – 7.0 is ideal

Maintenance: Low

Resistances: Cold Temperatures (-20F), Deer – more info, Heat Tolerant, Sun Tolerant

Description

One of the best three-season Japanese Maples, Yezo Nishik puts on a color show spring through fall. Leaves emerge shades of brilliant purplish red in spring. Depending on the amount of sunlight and heat, during summer the red leaves mingle with green, bronze and/or pinkish shades. Cooler temperatures in fall bring on glorious shades of gold, orange and red that intensify through the season. Slowly growing to around 15 feet tall and equally as wide at maturity, Yezo Nishiki is a great fit for smaller garden spaces, as an accent tree in home foundation plantings, or in containers that can be situated on sunny to partially shaded patios, decks and around other outdoor sitting and living spaces.

Acer palmatum Yezo nishiki has rich, bright reddish-purple spring color which turns to a deeper color as summer progresses. In hot sun exposure, the leaves on Yezo nishiki tend to bronze out with greenish color in the veins. Yezo nishiki has fall colors are fiery orange – scarlet red. A large upright and spreading tree to about 20 ft. Hardy.

One of if not the most popular Japanese Maple cultivars among home gardeners and landscape architects alike, ‘Bloodgood’ is a stately specimen that begins the season with burgundy-red leaves emerging in spring that turn to deep burgundy purple in summer and finally in fall to a flaming bright red. Bloodgood will tolerate full sun however in the South will appreciate some filtered sun or shade in the afternoon. Bloodgood has an upright habit and rounded form with a moderate growth rate to 15 to 20 feet tall and wide at maturity.

Landscape & Garden Uses

To showcase its magnificence and beauty, Bloodgood Japanese Maple is best used in landscape design as a focal point specimen to draw attention to a specific area of the home or landscape. That said, in larger landscape spaces they can be grouped or useful when positioned on both sides of an entryway to accentuate the entrance.

Suggested Spacing: At least 25 feet 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 it’s 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 groundcover plants 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 they prefer to be grown in similar conditions. That said, you can find a complete listing of our sun-tolerant Japanese Maple varieties here, of which Bloodgood is one.

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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