Plant: Orangeola - Japanese Maple

Plant description

Orangeola is one of the most cascading of the lace leaf weeping Japanese maples, reaching about 4 feet tall and 3 feet wide in ten years and roughly 8 feet tall by 6 feet wide at maturity, usually taller than it is wide. Its heavily pendulous branches carry narrowly lobed, dissected leaves in shades of orange, red and green, with new growth emerging brighter red to orange over the older green growth below. Spring colour is bright orange red, a second flush in late summer shows more red orange, and the fall finale is bright orange red to scarlet. Full sun is recommended to bring out the orange, and it is hardy to zone 5 once established.

Flowers

Small red to purple flowers appear in spring; attractive viewed closely but insignificant from a distance.

Foliage

Narrowly lobed, dissected lace leaves in shades of orange, red and green; new growth emerges brighter red to orange over older green growth, with a second flush of red orange in late summer and a scarlet red finale.

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, Afternoon Sun

Native range

Japan, China, Korea, eastern Mongolia and southeastern Russia

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