Acer shirasawanum 'Autumn Moon'

Japanese Maple

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Acer shirasawanum 'Autumn Moon' is a stunning Japanese maple with orange to peachy coloured new leaves which fade to a pale golden yellow as they mature. A fairly recent introduction 'Autumn Moon' has a dense leafy habit, is very hardy and more tolerant of sun than most Japanese maples.

It grows between 2 and 3 metres high making it suitable as a small planted specimen or container plant. One of our favourites.

Position: sun / part shade, out of cold, drying winds - especially coastal winds
Soil: all soils, but avoid waterlogged areas very dry soils will need extra watering
Eventual Size: 2 to 3 metres, but can be pruned
Habit: deciduous densely branched small tree
Foliage: deciduous
Common Names: Japanese maple 'Autumn Moon'

Plant Care

Japanese Maples are best pruned when fully dormant (November to early February), as maples bleed sap from pruning cuts at other times, weakening the tree. However, pruning is still best kept to a minimum as the most graceful shape comes from a tree that has been allowed to develop fairly naturally. As a result, just remove badly-placed or crossing shoots to encourage a good framework of branches to form. Where you do need to reduce height and width, follow long branches back to a side branch and pruning it out at this point. This is not necessary on prostrate-growing trees because they should be allowed to spread naturally to gain the best effect.

Please refer to our: Japanese Maple Growing Guide

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