Acer shirasawanum 'Red Dawn'
Acer shirasawanum 'Red Dawn'
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If you have ever had trouble with cold hardiness of red leafed Japanese Maples, this is the tree for you. 'Red Dawn' is a vigorous grower, and begins the year cloaked in broad palmate purple red leaves that are larger than other red leafed Japanese Maples. Their mature colour in mid summer takes on a greenish purple hue, before transforming into bright red in autumn. Although listed as "Acer shirawasanum, this may be a hybrid with Acer palmatum.
PRODUCT DETAILS:
Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5 |
Light Requirements: | Full Sun to Part Shade |
Height: | 3.0 m to 4.5 m |
Spread: | 2.4 m to 3.0 m |
Soil Requirements: | Average well drained, moist organically rich soils |
Bloom Time | Mid spring |
Planting Time: | |
Use: | Specimen tree, patio tree, woodland gardens, waterside gardens |
Flower Colour & Shape: | Small inconspicuous upright clusters of reddish flowers |
Foliage: | Large, deeply palmate red leaves, that emerge purple red, maturing to greenish purple, and rounding out the year in bright red, in fall |
Benefits: | Fast growing tree, improved winter hardiness, larger foliage, seasonal colour, rabbit resistant. |