

While there are many ways to select a Japanese maple, leaf color is why most people plant this tree. Many popular cultivars produce the familiar red foliage, such as one of the most popular Japanese trees, 'Bloodgood.' But others provide brilliant green or gold tones-and even bicolor leaves. But hurry and act fast because the award-winning Bloodgood Japanese Maple is popular and supplies are limited. The best of the breed is only available here. In zones 7–8, they can benefit from planting in partial shade or dappled sunlight to protect the leaves from leaf scorch in the summer heat. You can find a wide range of Bloodgood Japanese Maple Trees at The Tree Center, which carries different sizes to meet your gardening needs.
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Japanese maples should be planted in full to partial sun and in well-drained soil. They are suitable for USDA hardiness zones 5a–8b, though a few can brave zone 4 if planted in protected locations. The many different kinds of Japanese maples include Acer palmatum, Acer japonicum, and Acer pictum they are all part of the Sapindaceae (soapberry) family. ‘Sango Kaku’ is prized as one of the prettiest Japanese maple trees for its changing foliage but also bright coral bark, which gives this tree its striking contrast all year round. The foliage offers striking color throughout the growing season, becoming even more beautiful with the fall color change. Several dwarf varieties stay small and can be trained as bonsai.Īlthough the tree blooms in spring, it's the palmate leaves with five-, seven-, or nine-toothed finger-like leaves that offer the real appeal. This deciduous tree grows to a height and width of 20’ under ideal. In the landscape Bloodgood’ leaves retain their deep red color all through the season if they are given partial shade. With over a thousand varieties, it is a smallish species, with mature heights of 4–30 feet, depending on the cultivar. Of all the many different upright palmatum-type Japanese maple cultivars, ‘Bloodgood’ is considered the standard for which others are measured. Acer palmatum Bloodgood Deciduous upright Japanese maple with stunning dark-purplish, almost black-red serrated leaves into late summer, turning bright crimson in autumn. Japanese maple tree varieties are prized for their delicate and colorful foliage throughout the growing season and autumn. The Spruce Home Improvement Review Board.May also be grown as a multi-stemmed shrub. Palmate leaves (5-7 lobes) are 2-5" long.

As with many maples, the flowers are rather attractive close up, but are not particularly showy from a distance. 'Bloodgood is a non-dissected type that grows into a small, rounded, deciduous tree which typically grows to 15-20' tall and features purplish-red flowers in spring, deep reddish-purple summer foliage, red samaras in late summer to early fall and good crimson-red fall color. Each leaf has several lobes (typically 5–7) that all originate from one point looking like an open hand with outstretched fingers. Specific epithet is in reference to the palmate nature of the leaves. Genus name is the Latin name for a maple tree. Cultivars (often grafted) are quite variable. Fall color includes shades of yellow, red-purple and bronze. Flowers are followed by samaras (to 3/4" long) in pairs. In fall, when the leaves drop, the tree’s picturesque, open framework is unveiledits branches so smooth and muscly, you’ll want to touch them. In spring, its foliage emerges a screaming ruby-red color.

The flowers are rather attractive close up, but are not particularly showy from a distance. Bloodgood Japanese Maple loves to be the center of attention all year long. Small reddish-purple flowers in umbels bloom in mid spring (April). Each palmate green leaf (2-5" long) has 5 or 7 but less frequently 9 pointed toothed lobes. General plant form is rounded to broad-rounded, often with low branching. It is hardier than most Japanese maples, and it’s adaptable to several growing settings. It holds a deeper color for longer than other types of Japanese maple. Acer palmatum, commonly called Japanese maple, is a deciduous shrub or small tree that typically grows to 10-25' (infrequently to 40') tall. The Bloodgood Japanese Maple tree has a graceful growth habit, including a slender trunk and branches.
