Plant: Red Dragon - Japanese Maple

Japanese Maple · Acer palmatum var. dissectum 'Red Dragon'

$140.00

Size: 5 gal

Light

Part Shade

Bloom

Spring

Mature size

10 ft tall12 ft wide

More about this plant

Red Dragon is a compact, slow growing dissected Japanese maple that matures over time into an upright pendulous mound of roughly 6 to 10 feet tall and 8 to 12 feet wide. Its seven lobed leaves are cut deeply to the leaf base, producing a lacy appearance, and emerge bright cherry red before maturing to a burgundy purple red that it is reputed to keep better than any other lace leaf, even in shade. Fall brings a bright apple red to crimson. It is a very hardy weeper for zones 5 to 9, preferring a moist, well drained soil and shelter from hot afternoon sun, and it suits a container, a patio or a small bed.

Part Shade
Grows to 10 ft tall and 12 ft wide
Blooms in spring
Hardy in USDA zones 5-9
Deciduous foliage

Plant description

Red Dragon is a compact, slow growing dissected Japanese maple that matures over time into an upright pendulous mound of roughly 6 to 10 feet tall and 8 to 12 feet wide. Its seven lobed leaves are cut deeply to the leaf base, producing a lacy appearance, and emerge bright cherry red before maturing to a burgundy purple red that it is reputed to keep better than any other lace leaf, even in shade. Fall brings a bright apple red to crimson. It is a very hardy weeper for zones 5 to 9, preferring a moist, well drained soil and shelter from hot afternoon sun, and it suits a container, a patio or a small bed.

Flowers: Small red to purple flowers appear in spring; attractive viewed closely but insignificant from a distance.
Foliage: Seven lobed leaves cut deeply to the leaf base, giving a lacy appearance; bright cherry red on emergence, maturing to a burgundy purple red that holds even in shade, and turning bright apple red to crimson 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