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Acer griseum

Japanese maple

Acer griseum, also called by the name of paperbark maple, has green leaves above but frosty blue-green to gray-green with fine hairs beneath. Fall color varies, typically ranging from showy shades of orange and red to shades of reddish-green to bronze green. Ornamentally insignificant yellowish flowers bloom in April-early May. It is a small, deciduous, oval to oval-rounded tree with slender upright branching. It's bark is orange to cinnamon reddish/brown color an its showy orange to red fall color.It reaches a height of 6 to 12 meter tall.

↕ 500 cm – 1000 cm ❄ -30 °C ☀ sun, half shade

Flowering period

jan
feb
Mar
apr
may
jun
jul
aug
sep
oct
nov
dec

Planting period

jan
feb
Mar
apr
may
jun
jul
aug
sep
oct
nov
dec
Ideal (Sep–Jan)
Possible (until May)
Not recommended

Characteristics

Botanical

Genus Acer
Species griseum

Bloei

Flowering period may
Colour (flower) yellow, green

Blad

Colour (foliage) green
Autumn colour orange, red
Evergreen no

Groeiwijze

Height 500 cm, 1000 cm
Trunk/branches conspicuous

Standplaats

Soil type neutral
Winter hardiness -30 °C
Location sun, half shade
Wind resistant sheltered

Gebruik

Type (use) shrub, tree/standard, multistem

Verzorging

Pruning no