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Acer palmatum - a woody plant native to East Asia.

is the common name for Acer palmatum, a woody plant native to Japan and East Asia. Ornamental cultivars of Japanese Maple are grown around the world for their attractive leaf shapes and colors. They are also popular in bonsai.

Japanese Maple is deciduous and grows to heights of about 6-10m. In the wild it often grows as an understory plant in shady woodlands.

Use this tag for questions specific to Acer palmatum and its cultivars. Note that the and will be more appropriate for general maple or Acer questions.

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what are these white hard 'bubble' spots on the branches of my 18+ year old Weeping Japanese Maple?

What are these hard white 'bubbles' on the branches of my 18+ year old Weeping Japanese Maple tree??
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Is there a problem with my Japanese Maple shrub?

We live in Vienna, Austria, very near the Danube. We planted this Japanese Maple in the first year after moving in the spring of 2013. It has been slow but steady growing, improving a bit every year. After five years, it really started looking…
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Ants digging next to the root of my newly planted Japanese maple

Damn It has been raining here every day and I have not had a look at my Coral Bark Japanese maple in a while Today I had a look and I noticed ants digging their nest/galleries around the tree, some of these are darker because my wife "put some…
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What is the purpose of supporting the tree this way?

I just came across this picture on Houzz: Is it to straighten the tree ?
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Japanese Maple shrub dying

My husband and I purchased a home in Sterling, VA (zone 6b) about 4 years ago. There are two Japanese Maple shrubs out front. Since we've purchased the house, one of them comes back less and less each year. The other has some dead branches, too.…
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Has my Japanese Maple completely died?

I moved my Japanese Maple tree from a pot and planted it in my garden over a year ago. Since the leaves shriveled and died the tree seems to also have dried out and is not producing new buds, has it died completely or can it be saved? I have posted…
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How can I reshape a Japanese maple with dead branches in the centre

I have a minuature Japanese Maple 'Deshojo' bought 2 years ago and it has done well since. I live in Northern France, it is in full sun in the afternoon but there are only a few weeks it is really hot here. The top of the central branch has died.…
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Advice on Japanese Maple please

I planted a beautiful little Japanese Maple 'Deshojo' in Spring 2021. It has vibrant red leaves in spring (unusual!). They go green in summer and back to a more muted red in autumn. It has done really well. It is now 1m tall and has looked very…
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Japanese Acer care

I have a Japanese Acer which I've had for 3 years. Every year around March/April it has regrown its leaves. This year it has not. I noticed last year that the pot that it was in was waterlogged. I regretfully didn't do anything about it and left it,…
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Shaina Japanese Maple hit by a falling fence-two branches cut off-can I use them to propagate the tree

We had strong winds here in Toronto and a fence segment fell over my tree. You can see in the picture the damage. The poor tree is like cursed, over the winter we covered the tree in burlap and exactly in the week when we were south for a break we…
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What is wrong with this Shaina Japanese Maple

This tree used to be red when I bought it. Like my other Japanese maple (Coral bark) it lost its original color. I understood that this might be either because of the stress induced by replanting the trees and changing the environment (nursery vs…
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Shaina japanese maple flanked by 2 coral bark jm: how much room aroud?

This is a sequel of Coral bark Japanese Maple -where to plant it to avoid cold winter wind and hot summer sun damage I have opted for the design shown in the below picture. I am decided to buy the second coral bark shown in the right side picture…
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Coral bark Japanese Maple -where to plant it to avoid cold winter wind and hot summer sun damage

I just bought a nice Coral Bark Japanese Maple and I am trying to determine where to plant it in my backyard Here is the layout of my backyard, just read below the picture the constrains that I have I would like the tree to be visible and be a…
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dying leaves on Japanese maple: water damage, drought, or disease?

we had this Japanese maple placed last year by our landscaper, and it did well. this year it seemed to be doing well, but we just noticed these scattered branches with a bunch of curled leaves, and what looks to be dead branches. the branches…
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Green maple tree growing out of red maple tree. Why + any cause for alarm?

I have some red maple trees in a planter on my balcony. One of these branched right at the lowest part of the trunk, almost right after I got it. This branch grew almost to the same size as the existing tree itself. The perculiar thing is that this…
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