Acer palmatum “Sango Kaku”

    Maple- Japanese “Coral Bark”

                                            ID# 62

 

Stonehenge

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Additional Information: (1) Precision turfscape (Mike Leeper), (2) removed from Mooring Hitch, not doing well there after flood and not enough shade.

  One tree planted during initial Landscape of property. Two more small trees added late winter 2013.


A green lime foliage with a redish tint at the edges. Turns yellow/orange in fall. Bright red trunk and branches make this tree stand out in winter.

Red color of trunk fades with tree’s age but the new branches continue to provide the winter appeal of this tree.


HEIGHT X SPREAD: 22 ft x 10 ft PLANT TYPE: Deciduous GROWTH RATE: Moderate TEXTURE: fine, warm color LIGHT: part shade WATER: moist SOIL: high Organic
As observed in Eastern NC. BLOOMS: Insignificant in spring. FRUIT AND SEED: KEY FEATURES: Bright red stems highlight the pale green spring leaves . Best stem color appears in younger branches. Leaves change from pale green with small reddish margins to yellow in the fall. Tree is V shape multi stem branches.
A year cycle in the life of ...... at Stonehenge Trees are doing well. Deer nibble in most plants and trees during winter. Starting spring 2014, I am applying deer repellents and it seems to be working. Winter season will be the true test.

September 2013

Fall color

Summer color

Winter color

Mooring Hitch specimen    -  June 2009

June 2014

  Stonehenge