Crimson Queen Japanese Maple (High Graft Tree Form)
Acer palmatum var. dissectum ‘Crimson Queen’
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5a-9a Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Deciduous Shrub or Tree
Height at Maturity: 6-10′
Width at Maturity: 8-10′
Spacing: 14’+ for space between plants
Spacing: 14’+ for space between plants
Growth Habit / Form: Cascading, Mounding, Weeping, Broad
Growth Rate: Moderate
Foliage Color in Spring: Deep Red
Foliage Color in Summer: Bronze-purple
Foliage Color in Fall: Hot Pinkish-red
Light Needs: Full Sun or Mostly Sun, Morning Sun with Dappled or Afternoon Shade, All Day Filtered Sun, Morning Shade with Evening Sun, Shade or 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 Resistant, Sun Tolerant, Disease
Description
Perhaps the most popular of all red lace leaf varieties, the Crimson Queen Japanese Maple is prized for its display of crimson red foliage and attractive, dense, weeping form. The thinly dissected, lacy leaves emerge a deep red in spring, turning to a bronze purple in summer, then to a sunning, hot pinkish-red in fall. All grown up this high grafted tree form might reach 8 to 10 feet tall.
Landscape & Garden Uses
To showcase its magnificence and beauty, a Japanese Maple is best used in landscape design 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. An ideal selection for landscape beds or in containers.
Suggested Spacing: At least 14 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. Click on the link below under Helpful Articles for Japanese Maple container planting instructions.
Note: One Japanese Maple can make a landscape…that is, if you don’t overcrowd it with other trees and plants. Therefore, when choosing 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 variety 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 that are very easy to grow. Container culture can extend their useful range. They are extremely easy to grow in containers, a practice taken to its most extreme form in the art of bonsai.
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, there are many sun-tolerant Japanese Maple varieties, of which Crimson Queen 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 get 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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The tree was packaged very well and arrived in excellent condition. Very pleased with the service.———————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and wonderful review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
I ordered the 2 gallon size as a surprise for my husband who loves Japanese maple trees. This arrived in perfect condition and the tree is shaped so nicely in a weeping form. It is probably 2 1/2 feet tall and looks very healthy. It’s been in the ground a few weeks and still looks healthy in January. My husband really likes it and we will be excited to see the tree develop this year.———————————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope he enjoys it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
My new maple tree arrived in good condition. It was well watered and packed. I am happy to have it planted in my garden and I am looking forward to watching it grow.————————————————–Thanks for the photo, it is beautiful. We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG























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