ACER palmatum 'ATROPURPUREUM'

purple Japanese maple

ACER palmatum 'ATROPURPUREUM'

purple Japanese maple

Japanese maple, red leaves in spring turning purple in summer.
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  • Maintenance advice : At the end of winter, remove dead wood. Pruning is not necessary but can be done moderately between late summer and early autumn.
  • Botanical/Horticultural origin : Horticultural origin; introduced by Philipp Franz von Siebold (D) 1857
  • Use group : Sträucher
  • Height at 10 years : 4 m
  • Width at 10 years : 4 m
  • Growth : Medium
  • Exposure : Shade - Half shade
  • Evergreen/Deciduous : Deciduous
  • Shape : tree like
  • Colour of leaves : Purple
  • Soil type : Garden soil
  • Uses : Free standing specimen
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Beautiful shrub or small tree with well-cut palmated foliage of 10 cm long. The palmated foliage has 5 to 7 lobes, purple-red from spring to summer and then shiny crimson-red in autumn. Prefers a rich, fresh and drained soil, not too chalky soil. Does not blossom. Can grow over 6 meters tall with age.

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