Japanese maple is one of the most popular garden plants. No wonder, because it stands for beautiful leaf discolutions and shapes. In autumn it is a special eye -catcher in the garden. The most common variety is the red fan maple, but there are still many species with a wide variety of colors such as yellow-green, purple, orange and colorful. The dwarf varieties reach a height of 1.50 meters and are perfect for small gardens. Many bends form a picturesque crown and are characterized by a dense growth. Take a look at the variety of varieties and growth in the following gallery, in which we have also summarized some care tips and properties!
Acer palmatum or Japanese fan maple. This classic develops deeply carved, purple-red leaves that become carmine red in autumn. We also love his branched crown, which reminds them of a sad pasture.
Growth conditions:Show shadows and moist, well drained soil
Size:2.5 meters high and wide
Why this variety?You want a good, small-format network of network leaves.
The fan maple should often be watered. It is best to do this in the morning and in the evening. Choose a location that is not accessible. Otherwise the leaf tips can burn in the sun. You only have to fertilize once a year, m spring. The nutrients you add to the tree are completely sufficient for the rest of the year. You only have to cut the powerful specimens and more precisely your drive tips. Other varieties are only freed from dead branches and parts. Whether the location should be sunny or shady depends again on the subspecies. It is best to speak for this when buying in the tree nursery or in the garden center.
In spring, this dwarf fan maple presents its pink discolored leaves. The Rosaton fades in summer, but in autumn they become orange-red. Due to its compact size, this variety can also grow in a bucket.
Growth conditions:Show shadows and moist, well drained soil
Size:2.5 meters high and wide
Why this variety?Perfect for a small garden or as a container plant.
This type of maple impresses with three leaves over the course of the year, so that it always ensures variety in the garden. It is a very slowly growing representative. So if you want a larger tree quickly, you should already buy it fully. Of course, the size also affects the price. Since it is very densely growing and can be grown in the bucket, you can use it wonderfully as a privacy screen on the terrace. If you want to distribute some bonsais varieties in the garden, you can also do this with this copy.
This fan maple develops shiny, finely carved, green leaves and a mourning-shaped crown. If not fixed by a vinepage, it forms a flowing hill out of leaves. The autumn color is red-orange.
Growth conditions:Show shadows and moist, well drained soil
Size:Floor covering up to 3 meters or more
With this tree you also get an attractive eye -catcher in your garden all year round. In autumn, as a single plant, it can attract attention or with other colored plant species a colorful coloredGartendesign. In the midst of ever giant plants, it comes into its own and still ensures sufficient color even in late autumn.
This variety is called Acer Shirasawanum “Autumn Moon”. It also has gold leaves, but with red leaf edges. In autumn he shows a unique play of colors in red, orange and yellow.
Growth conditions:Show shadows and moist, well drained soil
Size:1.5 meters high and wide
Why this variety?The perfect choice if you want a fan maple with gold leaves.
So if a solid color is not enough for you, add this type of maple. Here you can see again exactly how attractive the leaves turn. To the most part of the year, the leaves are pale yellow to ocher colors. This lasts until July. After that, they turn strongly green and then impress with this play of colors in autumn. It is more of an ornamental shrub than a tree that grows tight and lush and for small gardens,Suitable for balconies or terracesis. Plant it against a dark background. Then the leaves come into their own particularly well.
“Hogyoku” is a medium -sized variety with green leaves that become bright orange in autumn. It is more robust and heat -friendly than many other varieties.
Growth conditions:Show shadows and moist, well drained soil
Size:4.5 meters high and wide
Why this variety?The best choice if you need a heat -friendly tree.
A sunny location is also suitable for this species. The floor can be slightly acidic, then the tree feels even comfortable. In autumn it comes like thiscorrectGoodbye and as a single plant in the garden or in the planter. Find out more about the frost tolerance from the dealer, because it can withstand the cold relatively and could possibly need cold protection outdoors.
An exceptionally beautiful plant with golden yellow leaves in summer. In autumn, the leaves become red, while the middle remains gold.
Growth conditions:Show shadows and moist, well drained soil
Size:6 meters high and wide
Choose this variety whenYou want a fan maple with a golden leaves.
A shady location also gets the tree very good and is above all preferable to the strong sun. However, keep in mind that the leaves green in full shadows. If you have a pond or another water feature in the garden, this place is an advantage for the tree because it loves moisture.Be sure to avoidVery dry soils, as well as those that cause waterlogging. The same applies to drafts. On the other hand, they can work by planting the maple in front of a high hedge, wall or house wall. The choice of the location also has an impact on theWinter hardness of the plant, which is why she should be given enough attention.
A tree for all seasons. It has small, green leaves that become golden yellow in autumn. In winter he shines with its beautiful red -colored stems. You see breathtaking in a snowy garden.
Growth conditions:Show shadows and wetter, well drainer floor
Size:4.5 meters high, 3.5 meters wide
Choose this varietyIf you want to have a highlight in the garden in winter.
If you already have someEvergreen plants in the gardenand want to set accents with other colors, you can perfectly do this with this type of maple. The red bark definitely attracts everyone's attention. In May the tree impresses with a heyday, which is far from being as impressive as the discoloration of the leaves and branches.
This dwarf grain is a favorite as a bonsai tree. He has pink buds, which then opened leaves in cream, green and Fuchsia. In autumn, the maple leaves shine in gold and yellow.
Growth conditions: Partial shade and moist, well drained soil
Size:4, 5 meters high and wide
Choose this varietyif you like colored leaves colored.
A popular variety because of its dark, purple leaf discoloration. Acer Palmatum “Wolff” is particularly suitable for gardens in the north, because its leaves develop a little later than with the others. In this way you can avoid the late frost in spring. In autumn it becomes scarlet red.
Growth conditions:Show shadows and moist, well drained soil
Size:4.5 meters high and wide
Choose this varietyIf you want a hardy, Japanese maple with dark red leaves.
“Sango-Kaku” is an maple tree with a multi-season talent. The green leaves are inHerbstRadiant yellow. After the leaves have fallen, coral -red trunks show up.
Growth conditions: Partial shade and moist, well drained soil
Size:6 meters high and 4.5 meters wide
Choose this varietyIf you want to have an eye -catcher in the garden during the winter time.
This red tree is characterized by deeply carved, purple leaves in spring and summer. The autumn color is carmine red and striking.
Growth conditions: Partial shade and moist, well drained soil
Size:5.5 meters high and wide
Choose this variety whenYou want to have a large Japanese maple tree with an intensive red color.
The “BloodGood” tree is a classic in the garden and is characterized by deeply carved, violet-red leaves, which also keep their color through the summer. They become purple in autumn.
Growth conditions: Partial shade and moist, well drained soil
Size:6 meters high and wide
Choose this varietyIf you want to have a large Japanese maple tree with an intensive red color.
This species offers deep carved, spider -like leaves that are pink in spring, light green in summer and golden yellow in autumn.
Growth conditions: Partial shade and moist, well drained soil
Size:3 meters high and wide
Choose this varietyIf you want to have a small maple tree with small leaf shapes.
This impressive variety has a mourning -shaped crown and beautiful, finely carved, dark leaves leaves. In autumn they become bright and dark red.
Growth conditions: Partial shade and moist, well drained soil
Size:3.6 meters high and wide
Choose this varietyif a maple tree with finely carved leaves want to have.
A small tree with breathtaking blue-green leaves with pink and cream leaf edges. They are colored orange and gold in autumn. It resists leaf fire in hot, dry weather better than many other varieties.
Growth conditions: Partial shade and moist, well drained soil
Size:2.5 meters high and wide
Choose this varietyif you want colorful leaves or a heat -resistant variety.
The Japanese fire maple is one of the most beautiful varieties. It is characterized by finely carved, farn -like leaves, which are first green and then red, orange in autumn.
Growth conditions: Partial shade and moist, well drained soil
Size:3 meters high and wide
Choose this varietyIf you need a Japanese maple with a beautiful texture.
This small, slowly growing maple tree has pink colored, new leaves that fade green over the course of the season. Then in autumn they will be bright gold.
Growth conditions: Partial shade and moist, well drained soil
Size:2 meters high; 3 or more meters wide
Choose this varietyIf you need a fan maple for a bucket or for a small garden.
This high, robust maple tree has wide, dark green leaves that become gold, yellow, orange and scarlet red in autumn.
Growth conditions: Partial shade and moist, well drained soil
Size:7.5 meters high and wide
Choose this varietyIf a fan maple need, the cold and warm weather tolerates well.
