Ace japonicum “Green Cascade”

Full Moon Maple

                                     ID#  855

 

Stonehenge

 
 

Additional Information: purchased from Greener Visions Nursery.  A nursery off Jones Ferry Road in Chapel Hill, NC. Owners:Randy & Diane.  Phone: (919) 942-6957

 
  Stonehenge
 
HEIGHT X SPREAD: 4-5 ft H x 6-8 ft W PLANT TYPE: deciduous, dormant in winter. GROWTH RATE: medium TEXTURE: fine LIGHT: Full sun to part shade WATER: moist,average. SOIL:average fertile well drain.
As observed in Central, NC. BLOOMS: Small purplish-red flowers in pendulous corymbs appear in early spring (April) before the leaves. Flowers are followed by winged samaras 1” long which ripen in late summer to early fall. FRUIT AND SEED: Flowers are followed by winged samaras 1” long which ripen in late summer to early fall. KEY FEATURES: A small mounded tree with a weeping habit. It typically grows to only 4-5' tall and to 6-8' wide over the first 10 years. Emerald green leaves summer, develop excellent yellow, orange and red fall colors.
A year cycle in the life of ...... at Stonehenge Planted during a cold sunny day in the front yard, below the stair’s window. Soil very moist but not the native dense clay of the lot, the soil has been ammended during initial landscape. Plant came in a 10 gallon pot, roots indicated long time in pot. Tree looks about 5 yrs. old. Location: partly sunny. -Tree was nibble a little by deer during winter. Now using deer repellents, so far , so good. (6/2014)

Commonly known as full moon maple. Native to mountainous areas of Japan, Manchuria and Korea. Rounded, palmate, medium green leaves  3-6” across, deeply divided into 7-11 lance-shaped lobes. Each rounded leaf resembles a full moon, hence the common name.

Similar to Acer palmatum, full moon maples have larger leaves with more lobes per leaf and downy leaf stems.

Other cultivars besides “Green Cascade” are: ‘Aconitifolium’ and 'Vitifolium'

June 2014

June 2014

Foliage

June  2014