Shirazz Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum 'Gwen's Rose Delight')
Shirazz Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum 'Shirazz')
Height: 15 feet Spread: 15 feet Sunlight: Partial shade Hardiness Zone: 5a
Description: The Shirazz Japanese Maple is an exciting new introduction known for its dazzling foliage. The leaves emerge with a pink hue in spring, then transform to green with cream and pink variegation in summer. The dynamic and vibrant color palette makes this upright specimen tree a standout in any landscape.
Ornamental Features:
Form: Cascading habit of growth.
Foliage: Attractive creamy white-variegated green foliage with hints of pink, emerging cherry red in spring. The small lobed palmate leaves turn outstanding shades of orange in the fall.
Landscape Attributes:
Dense deciduous tree with a shapely form and gracefully arching branches.
Fine texture that sets it apart from other landscape plants with less refined foliage.
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 15 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 15 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 and benefits from being planted in a 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.