In winter the bare branches create a beautiful lacey effect, rivaled only by the laciness of the leaves. These grow upwards at a low angle, and then cascade downwards, creating a beautiful mound of branches with a soft cloud-like profile. It is slower growing than some other Japanese Maples, adding between 3 and 6 inches a year to the length of its branches. The Red Filigree Lace Japanese Maple is a small shade tree, growing to about 4 feet tall and wide, and eventually larger. Growing the Red Filigree Lace Japanese Maple Size and Appearance If you are looking for the perfect specimen small tree for a prime spot in your garden, you have just found it. Its wonderful red leaves hold their color not only all summer – an accomplishment in itself – but they also stay red even in shady places, an almost unique feature among these trees. This beautiful plant has the most finely-divided leaves of any Japanese maple variety, and its mounded, cascading shape is striking and beautiful. Combine all these features together in a single plant, and one that is small enough for a city garden or courtyard, and you have the Red Filigree Lace Japanese Maple. The most popular varieties often have red leaves, a perennial favorite with gardeners. Cascading plants are especially beautiful and graceful. Japanese maples are among the most beautiful of specimen shrubs, and they are available in many sizes and forms.

This tree doesn’t usually suffer from pests or diseases, and it will become an outstanding specimen worthy of the best gardens. Use mulch to conserve moisture and keep the soil cool. The soil should be rich and moist, but well-drained, and the roots should not become dry.

It should be planted where it receives morning sun and afternoon shade, especially in warmer zones, or in the dappled shade beneath tall deciduous trees. Grow the Red Filigree Lace Japanese Maple in a sheltered place in zone 5, and in all warmer zones. Leaves don’t turn green in summer, or in shade.Perfect tree for a focal point or special location.Leaves are burgundy in spring, maroon in summer and red in fall.Beautiful mounded small tree with slender cascading branches.All year this plant is remarkable, and it is among the very best and most select of all the dissected Japanese maples. In fall they become a vibrant, bright red. The leaves open in spring a rich burgundy, and they turn to a darker maroon in summer, without greening. The exceptional slender twigs form a lacey network in winter, but it is the very finely-divided leaves, with 7 slender lobes, that create the gorgeous filigree effect. It grows into a broad, mounded plant with cascading branches, creating a graceful profile in all seasons.

The Red Filigree Lace Japanese Maple is a wonderful specimen tree for that special place in your garden. We've gotta protect good ole' Mother Nature, after all. While we wish we could serve everyone, it's for the safety of native species and helps prevent the spread of invasive disease & pests. The short & sweet answer is: 'United States Department of Agriculture Restrictions.' Every state has their own unique USDA restrictions on which plants they allow to come into their state.

You will receive email notifications along the way on the progress of your order, as well as tracking information to track your plants all the way to their new home! Why are some states excluded from shipping? Orders typically ship out within 2 business days. How does the delivery process work?Īll of our orders ship via FedEx Ground! Once your order is placed online, our magic elves get right to work picking, staging, boxing and shipping your trees. You'll find we carry young 1-gallons, up to more mature 7-gallons ranging anywhere from 6 inches to 6ft. While the industry-standard terminology is to call the sizes 'Gallon Containers', that doesn't exactly translate to the traditional liquid 'gallon' size we think of. Nursery containers come in a variety of different sizes, and old-school nursery slang has stuck. All tree, and nothin' but the tree! We measure from the top of the soil to the top of the tree the height of the container or the root system is never included in our measurements.

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