Golden Full Moon Maple

Golden Full Moon Maple (Acer shirasawanum 'Aureum')
Height: 20 feet Spread: 20 feet Sunlight: Partial shade Hardiness Zone: 4b
 
Description: The Golden Full Moon Maple is a dazzling small accent tree that deserves a place in every yard. Its lime-green hand-like foliage emerges bright gold in spring and continues to glow throughout the summer. In the fall, the tree showcases vibrant colors of gold touched with red, making it a stunning focal point in any landscape.
 
Ornamental Features:
Form: Round habit of growth.
Foliage: Attractive lime-green deciduous foliage that emerges gold in spring. The lobed leaves are highly ornamental and turn outstanding shades of gold and red in the fall.
 
Landscape Attributes:
Deciduous tree with a rounded form.
Average texture that blends into the landscape but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.
Low-maintenance tree; should be pruned in summer after leaves have fully developed to avoid 'bleeding' sap.
No significant negative characteristics.
 
Recommended Uses:
Accent
Shade
Mass Planting
Hedges/Screening
 
Planting & Growing:
Grows to about 20 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 20 feet.
Low canopy with a typical clearance of 2 feet from the ground, suitable for planting under power lines.
Grows at a slow rate and can live for 60 years or more under ideal conditions.
Prefers a location that gets morning sunlight but is shaded from the hot afternoon sun. It will also grow in partial shade.
Avoid hot, dry locations that receive direct afternoon sun or reflected sunlight from surfaces like white walls.
Thrives in average to moist conditions and should not be allowed to dry out. May require supplemental watering during drought or extended heat.
Not particular about soil pH but grows best in rich soils.
Somewhat tolerant of urban pollution.
This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.