Acer palmatum 'ORANGE DREAM' Japanese maple
size/type
medium-sized shrub,medium-sized shrub
usual height
1-2,5m
usual width
1-2,5m
leaves
deciduous broadleaf
colour of leaves
flowers
less showy but noticeable
location
semi-shade / partial sun
soil type
acidic (peaty)
soil moisture requirements
evenly moist (dislikes drought)
USDA zone (lowest)
5b (down to -27°C)
winter protection
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
categorized
Japanese maples are the „créme de la créme“ of every garden. A majestic looking tree needs no pruning at all and we recommend letting it form its own shape.
Description of the plant:
The less usual colour the more attractive it is for garden lovers. Orange Dream is a perfect example of Japanese maple to offer an almost exotic colour of spring foliage that is orange and salmon pink at margins with yellowish-green centres. This colouring decorates the plant until approximately mid June when it changes through yellow colour to light green and only top growths have a weak orange tint. The leaves are deeply lobed but not dissected.It grows slowly, about 10-15 cm per year, forming a densely branched shrub with age. A 10-year old plant can reach a bit more than 1m. Japanese maples also have flowers, not as conspicuous as other flowering plants but nevertheless attractive. They are purple-red on Orange Dream, and appear in first half of spring along with leaves.
Orange Dream prefers dappled shade or partial sun with some shade during the hottest part of the day. Grow it in semi-fertile, acidic to neutral, moist but well drained soil. Keep it mulched all year round. It will love a location with high air humidity, e.g. at a river bank or near a pond. It will not be too happy in a front yard in a town centre surrounded by dry air and hot concrete, or will not love growing in a lawn without mulch above its roots. Fully hardy to min. -27°C (USDA zone 5b).
Last update 12-02-2010
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GLOSSARY
- 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.
