Burgundy Lace Japanese Maple
Acer palmatum ‘Burgundy Lace’
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5a-9b Find Your Zone
Height at Maturity: 8-12′
Width at Maturity: 10-15′
Growth Habit / Form: Upright, Rounded, Spreading Crown
Growth Rate: Moderate
Foliage Color in Spring: Burgundy-red
Foliage Color in Summer: Burgundy-red top Bronze
Foliage Color in Fall: Bright Red
Light Needs: Full Sun or Mostly Sun, Morning Sun with Dappled or Afternoon Shade, All Day Filtered Sun, Morning Shade with Evening Sun, Mostly Shade
Water Needs: Average, moderately drought tolerant when established
Soil Type: Sandy, Loam & Clay (Condition heavy clay soils when planting)
Drainage: Well drained soil is a must!
Soil pH: 5.0 – 7.0 is ideal
Maintenance: Low
Resistances: Deer, Heat Tolerant, Insect, Disease, Sun Tolerant
Description
Providing outstanding foliage color and unrivaled, extremely fine and delicate texture, the ‘Burgundy Lace’ Japanese Maple is one that deserves a special location in the landscape where it can serve as the magnificent focal point specimen it is! What makes Burgundy Lace so special are its leaves…and not only the burgundy-red color. Each fern-like palmate leaf has seven narrow, serrated, deeply-cut lobes, which gives it its fine texture. The leaves emerge red in spring quickly turning to burgundy red. They hols their color well into summer before turning bronze. Fall brings outstanding bright red. Burgundy Lace is a small tree growing to 12 feet tall with a spreading crown that is equally as wide, making it suitable for smaller landscape spaces.
Landscape & Garden Uses
To showcase its magnificence and beauty, the Burgundy Lace Japanese Maple is best used in the landscape as a focal point specimen to draw attention to a specific area of the home or landscape. That said, you can plant them in groupings of three or plant one on both sides of an entryway to accentuate the entrance.
Suggested Spacing: At least 16 feet apart for space between trees
Container culture can extend the useful range of Japanese Maples. They are extremely easy to grow in containers, a practice taken to its most extreme form in the art of bonsai.
Note: One Japanese Maple can make a landscape…that is if you don’t overcrowd it with other trees and plants. Therefore, when selecting companions to plant under or around your Japanese Maple, make sure to select low-growing shrubs or groundcover plants that won’t interfere at all with your tree.
Note: For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 5a, where this Japanese Maple cultivar is not reliably winter hardy, you’ll be happy to know it can be grown in containers that can be brought indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.
Growing Preferences
Though delicate looking, Japanese Maples are actually very tough and long-lived trees. They are very easy to grow in the ground or in containers.
In their natural habitat, Japanese Maples are understory trees, growing in dappled forest sunlight at the edges of woodlands. Ideally they prefer to be grown in similar conditions. That said, you can find a complete listing of our sun-tolerant Japanese Maple varieties here, of which Burgundy Lace is one.
Most any average garden soil will grow Japanese Maples. They prefer a moist but well-drained soil rich in organic matter. As with so many other ornamental plants and trees, constantly soggy or wet soil can be problematic. So make sure to plant your Japanese Maple in a well-drained site.
Helpful Articles
Click on a link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant and care for Japanese Maple trees.
How To Plant A Japanese Maple Tree In The Ground
How to Plant A Japanese Maple Tree In A Pot
How To Fertilize And Water A Japanese Maple Tree
How To Prune A Japanese Maple
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I discussed several times with Wilson Bros via email about their availability for Burgundy Lace Japanese Maples. They were very prompt with responses and the answers I needed. I wanted to know the actual height of the one I wanted and they went and measured it and sent me a picture.
I ordered the tree, very easy, and it arrived shortly thereafter in perfect shape.
Now I just need to wait out winter to plant it.—————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
I ordered the tree, very easy, and it arrived shortly thereafter in perfect shape.
Now I just need to wait out winter to plant it.—————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG



















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