Orangeola Cutleaf Japanese Maple
Acer palmatum 'Orangeola'
$240.00 – $449.00
This appropriately-named new selection has delicate lacy leaves which turn from orange in spring to rich green with orange highlights, turning fiery orange once again in fall; interesting weeping branches on a relatively upright plant, a choice accent
Features and Growing Tips
Note: Each live plant is unique and may differ from the photo while maintaining its beauty. Plants come in a plastic pot; other items in images are not included.
Landscape Qualities
Orangeola Cutleaf Japanese Maple is a deciduous tree with a strong central leader and a rounded form and gracefully weeping branches. It lends an extremely fine and delicate texture to the landscape composition which can make it a great accent feature on this basis alone.
Ornamental Qualities
Orangeola Cutleaf Japanese Maple is primarily valued in the landscape or garden for its highly ornamental weeping form. It has attractive dark green foliage edged in orange which emerges tomato-orange in spring. The small deeply cut ferny palmate leaves are highly ornamental and turn outstanding shades of orange and scarlet in the fall.
Planting and Growing
Orangeola Cutleaf Japanese Maple will grow to be about 8 feet tall at maturity | with a spread of 8 feet. It tends to be a little leggy | with a typical clearance of 2 feet from the ground | and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a slow rate | and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 60 years or more.
This tree does best in full sun to partial shade. You may want to keep it away from hot | dry locations that receive direct afternoon sun or which get reflected sunlight | such as against the south side of a white wall. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions | and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil pH | but grows best in rich soils. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution | and will benefit from being planted in a relatively sheltered location. Consider applying a thick mulch around the root zone in winter to protect it in exposed locations or colder microclimates. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.
Plant Facts
Prefers full sun to partial shade
Keep moisture level average to moist
Mature Size 8'Hx8'W
Fall color orange and scarlet
Zone 5a
Likes average to moist soil