Acer shirasawanum 'JORDAN' Shirasawa maple, Japanese maple
Shirasawan’s maple is a sought-after species of Japanese maple valued mostly for its unique leaf shape. To date (July 2020) there are 17 recognized varieties. Jordan is a variety from Italy where it was found in the Gilardelli Fratelli di Giordano E Nello Gilardelli nursery. If you know the area, you can easily guess where exactly. Here’s a clue: it is the Mecca of most Italian growers. Got it? Pistoia in Tuscany, of course. It was named after the owner's son Giordano and the cultivar’s name was later simplified to Jordan to make life on non-Italian speakers easier.
It grows moderately to a broadly vase-shaped shrub or a small multi-stemmed tree of dense habit. Branches are distinctly mahogany orange and petioles are salmon pink all through the growing season. The tips of branches often become dry after winter and are best pruned not to disfigure the appearance of a fully leaved shrub. It looks especially beautiful grown among maroon-leaved maples.
All green or yellow-leaved Japanese maples do best in filtered sunlight or part shade in neglected gardens. But if you are ready to water them during hot and dry spells of the season you can grow recommended varieties in full sun, too. Red-leaved maples on the contrary NEED full sun to colour well, even the dissectum type with deeply cut foliage.
Japanese maples prefer light, acidic, well-drained soil that will retain moisture – keep them mulched at all times. If you feel you need to feed it, use balanced, slow-release fertilizers only. They can be pruned in early winter or trimmed and shaped for bonsai in early summer. Still, I assume that each Japanese maple is so beautiful only if left to its own devices without any intervention, making each one an unrepeatable original. Plants older than 3-5 years (wood maturity pending) are fully hardy to about -29 °C (USDA zone 5).
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