Plant: Crimson Queen - Japanese Maple
Japanese Maple · Acer palmatum var. dissectum 'Crimson Queen'
Size: 5 gal
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More about this plant
Crimson Queen is a small red weeping Japanese maple of the lace leaf type, forming a low cascading mound. Its leaf lobes are among the most heavily and deeply divided of any needle lace leaf, opening dark maroon, fading to a lighter red through summer and finishing bright scarlet in fall. It holds colour best with late day shade and needs protection from hot afternoon sun, and is hardy in zones 5 to 9. Slow growing and long lived, it is a wonderful low weeping tree for a container, a patio edge or a small shaded bed.
- Part Shade
- Grows to 25 ft tall and 20 ft wide
- Blooms in spring
- Hardy in USDA zones 5-9
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
Crimson Queen is a small red weeping Japanese maple of the lace leaf type, forming a low cascading mound. Its leaf lobes are among the most heavily and deeply divided of any needle lace leaf, opening dark maroon, fading to a lighter red through summer and finishing bright scarlet in fall. It holds colour best with late day shade and needs protection from hot afternoon sun, and is hardy in zones 5 to 9. Slow growing and long lived, it is a wonderful low weeping tree for a container, a patio edge or a small shaded bed.
- Flowers
- Small red to purple flowers appear in spring; attractive viewed closely but insignificant from a distance.
- Foliage
- Lace leaf foliage whose lobes are heavily and deeply divided, among the most divided of the needle lace leaf types; dark maroon in spring, fading to a lighter red in summer and turning bright scarlet in fall.
- Fruit
- A schizocarp of two samaras with incurved wings forming an arch, becoming reddish in fall.
- Bark & stems
- Young stems vary from green to polished reddish brown; older branches assume a gray cast.
- Light
- Morning Sun, Dappled/Filtered Light
- Native range
- Japan, China, Korea, eastern Mongolia and southeastern Russia
