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Japanese Red Maple
Acer palmatum atropurpureum

The Japanese Red Maple adds a touch of unequaled beauty to any landscape. Of the numerous Japanese Maple species and hundreds of cultivars, it is one of the hardiest. It is also more upright in form than most others and features attractive red foliage, especially in spring and fall.

The Japanese Red Maple is a very showy, versatile species. It can be used as a single specimen or in borders or groupings. Also, it can be a single-stemmed small tree or multi-stemmed shrub. They are hardy & easily grown. They leaf out early in spring and drop their leaves late in the fall. The leaves are reddish-purple in spring and again in fall and it grows to 15' to 25', 20' spread in zones 5-8.

Squirrels and chipmunks are very fond of maple seeds. The seeds, buds, and flowers are also eaten by grouse, quail and many songbirds.

The Japanese Maple does fine in various degrees of shade so that if other trees are planted close by they suffer no adverse effects from the crowding and do excellently in urban settings where large buildings deny gardeners much in the way of full sun options. They can grow in full sun.

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