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Tamukeyama Japanese Maple
Acer palmatum 'Tamukeyama'
Height: 7 feet
Spread: 10 feet
Sunlight:
Hardiness Zone: 6b
Description:
An incredibly artistic accent plant for the garden, featuring
lacy foliage that emerges a beautiful crimson-red and
fades to a purple-green in summer, turning stunning fiery
shades of color in fall; best planted in a sheltered location
Acer palmatum 'Tamukeyama'
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Ornamental Features:
Tamukeyama Japanese Maple has attractive burgundy
foliage which emerges crimson in spring. The deeply cut
ferny palm-shaped leaves are ornamentally significant
and turn an outstanding red in the fall. It features subtle
corymbs of red flowers rising above the foliage in mid
spring before the leaves. It produces red samaras from
early to mid fall.The red stems can be quite attractive.
Landscape Attributes:
Tamukeyama Japanese Maple is an open deciduous
dwarf tree with a more or less rounded form. It lends an
extremely fine and delicate texture to the landscape
composition which can make it a great accent feature on
this basis alone.
This is a relatively low maintenance dwarf tree, and
should only be pruned in summer after the leaves have
fully developed, as it may 'bleed' sap if pruned in late
winter or early spring. It has no significant negative
characteristics.
Tamukeyama Japanese Maple is ideal for use as a
garden accent or patio feature, and is recommended for
the following landscape applications;
Acer palmatum 'Tamukeyama'
foliage
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Plant Characteristics:
Tamukeyama Japanese Maple will grow to be about 7 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 10 feet. It has
a low canopy with a typical clearance of 3 feet from the ground. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal
conditions can be expected to live for 80 years or more.
This dwarf tree does best in full sun to partial shade. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and
shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is particular about its soil conditions, with a strong preference for rich,
neutral soils. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution, and will benefit from being planted in a relatively
sheltered location. Consider applying a thick mulch around the root zone in winter to protect it in exposed
locations or colder zones.
This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.