ACER palmatum 'SHAINA'

Japanese maple 'Shaina'

ACER palmatum 'SHAINA'

Japanese maple 'Shaina'

  • Maintenance advice : At the end of winter, remove any dead wood. Pruning is unnecessary but can be done between the end of summer and beginning of autumn. Protect the bigger sized wounds (finger sized) with pruning sealer.
  • Botanical/Horticultural origin : Horticultural origin : breeder Billy Schwartz (US) 1988
  • Use group : Sträucher
  • Height at 10 years : 2 m
  • Width at 10 years : 1,5 m
  • Growth : Medium
  • Exposure : Shade - Half shade
  • Evergreen/Deciduous : Deciduous
  • Shape : bushy
  • Colour of leaves : Purple
  • Soil type : Garden soil
  • Uses : Border
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Coming from the 'Bloodgood' variety, it is smaller and more compact. Erect bearing becoming rounder with age. Leaves are bright red in spring, dark purple in summer and return to a bright red colour in autumn. Granted the 'Award of Garden Merit' by the RHS (Royal Horticultural Society, England).