Acer palmatum 'BLOODGOOD' Japanese maple
It forms a tall shrub or small, usually multi-stemmed tree with an airy yet dense canopy. It exhibits upright growth at first, but with age it forms a rounded crown as one of the few red-leaved Japanese maples. Although it grows moderately fast, its height in gardens usually slows down once it reaches around 3-4 meters and begins to thicken the canopy. The width of the crown in the canopy rarely exceeds 3m in common gardens, but the total size in parks and sites with unlimited root space can be up twice as much or perhaps a bit more.
Bloodgood is an easy-care, hardy plant, which does not need much maintenance. Just watch out for dry leaves and branch ends in full season which might mean a monilia infection. In such case the plant has to be treated against the illness immediately. This variety does well in full sun, too. Japanese maples require light, slightly acidic, semi-fertile, moist soil to establish extensive root system. Young plants need mulching for winter. Plants older than 3 years are reliably hardy to at least -27 °C (USDA zone 5b), perhaps a few degrees more.
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- STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
- DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
- EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
- STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
- HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
- SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
- HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
- FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
- GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.