Not only the red dissectum maples, but many of the other maples such as my Bloodgoods and Burgundy Lace also turn somewhat green in the hot summer months. Brooks is very knowledgeable about maples and is correct in the reasons your Crimson Queen may be turning green. Teresa-Like Brooks I too am a Japanese maple addict.
CRIMSON QUEEN JAPANESE MAPLE TURNING GREEN FREE
If you need to know anything more feel free to ask. Sometimes the Green Japanese Maple will send up new growth from below the graft. A branch of the Crimson Queen is grafted, or spliced, to the root stock and trunk of a standard Green Japanese Maple (Acer Palmatum). They will literally go dormant, or stop growing during extremely hot weather.Ĭrimson Queen Japanese Maple is grown by using the grafting process. Japanese Maples just don't like extreme heat.
Red Japanese Maples do appreciate a few hours daily of direct sun.ģ) Extreme heat. Direct morning sun with afternoon shade or filtered sun will provide for the darkest red color. Red Japanese Maples will tend to green a little more during the heat of summer especially if they only get filtered sun. You should see that the tree stays more Crimson in color throughout the season. You can apply a good shrub and tree fertilizer, or 10-10-10. Early in the fall is the best time to fertilize. I would leave the Crimson Queen alone until fall. Larger Japanese Maples bring way more money. It is usually the grower that does this in effort to grow the Japanese to a larger size more quickly. The grower or the nursery may have applied fertilizer for quicker growth earlier in the Spring. I'm a Japanese Maple addict.įour things that I know of can cause a Red Japanese Maple to turn green: We carry at least 40-50 different Japanese Maples at any given time at our retail nursery. I own a nursery and have 65 Japanese Maples in my home landscape.
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