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Kiyohime Spreading Japanese Maple – 1 Gallon Pot

Original price was: $79.97.Current price is: $55.98.

SKU: D2LSC 1142464637 Categories: JAPANESE MAPLE TREES, PLANTS & TREES

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Kiyohime Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum ‘Kiyohime’

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 6a-9b (5?) Find Your Zone

Height at Maturity: 2-3′

Width at Maturity: 6-7′

Growth Habit / Form: Spreading Mound

Growth Rate: Moderate

Foliage Color in Spring: Light Green with Red to Red-Purple border

Foliage Color in Summer: Medium Green

Foliage Color in Fall: Orange and Red shades

Light Needs: Full Sun or Mostly Sun, Morning Sun with Dappled or Afternoon Shade, All Day Filtered Sun, Morning Shade with Evening Sun

Water Needs: Average, moderately drought tolerant when established

Soil Type: Clay (Amend heavy clay soil to ensure good drainage), Loam, Sandy, Silt

Drainage: Moist But Well Drained – Well drained soil is a must!

Soil pH: 5.0 – 7.0 is ideal

Maintenance: Low

Resistances: Deer, Heat Tolerant, Insect Resistant, Sun Tolerant, Disease

Description

Exceptionally unique in both color and form, ‘Kiyohime’ Japanese Maple is a rare and desirable spreading and cascading cultivar that might reach 2 to 3 feet tall and 6 to 7 feet wide when all grown up. It responds very well to pruning for shaping purposes and to control size, even for bonsai. In spring, new leaves emerge a bright light green to light golden-chartreuse with every lobe bordered in vivid red to red-purple. The leaves turn to a handsome green in summer and then to vibrant shades or orange and red with the arrival of cooler temperatures in fall. When growing in a pot, or above a wall, the branches will gracefully cascade over the edge. A charming Japanese maple that is sure to be a conversation piece in the garden or in containers situated on patios, terraces decks or around other outdoor living spaces.

Landscape & Garden Uses

To showcase its magnificence and beauty, the Kiyohime Japanese Maple is best used in the landscape as a focal point specimen to draw attention to a specific area of the home or landscape. That said, you can plant it in groupings of three where space allows. Being a low spreading form it is nice at the edge of a garden pond where its branches will reach out over the water. One Japanese Maple can make a landscape…that is if you don’t overcrowd it with other trees and plants. Therefore, when selecting companions to plant under or around your Japanese Maple, make sure to select low-growing, ground-hugging groundcover plants that won’t interfere at all with your tree.

Spacing: At least 8 feet apart for space between trees

Growing Preferences

Though delicate looking, Japanese Maples are actually very tough and long-lived trees. They are very easy to grow in the ground or in in containers, a practice taken to its most extreme form in the art of bonsai.

In their natural habitat, Japanese Maples are understory trees, growing in dappled forest sunlight at the edges of woodlands. Ideally they prefer to be grown in similar conditions. That said, you can find a complete listing of our sun-tolerant Japanese Maple varieties here, of which Kiyohime is one.

Most any average garden soil will grow Japanese Maples. They prefer a moist but well-drained soil rich in organic matter. As with so many other ornamental plants and trees, constantly soggy or wet soil can be problematic. So make sure to plant your Japanese Maple in a well-drained site.

Helpful Articles

Click on a link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant and care for Japanese Maple trees.

How To Plant A Japanese Maple Tree In The Ground

How to Plant A Japanese Maple Tree In A Pot

How To Fertilize And Water A Japanese Maple Tree

How To Prune A Japanese Maple

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