ACER shirasawanum 'AUREUM' (=japonicum 'AUREUM')

golden full moon maple, golden Shirasawa maple

ACER shirasawanum 'AUREUM' (=japonicum 'AUREUM')

golden full moon maple, golden Shirasawa maple

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Maintenance advice : At the end of winter, cut down any dead wood. Pruning, not always necessary, can be done moderately, at the end of summer/beginning of autumn. Protect the bigger sized wounds (bigger than a finger) with a special pruning sealer.
Botanical/Horticultural origin : Horticultural origin : old japanese variety, introduced to Holland by Philipp Franz Von Siebold (DE) around 1865
Use group : Sträucher
Height at 10 years : 3 m
Width at 10 years : 3 m
Growth : Slow
Fragrance : No
Exposure : Shade - Half shade
Evergreen/Deciduous : Deciduous
Shape : tree like
Colour of leaves : Yellow, gold
Colour of flowers : Red
Soil type : Garden soil
Uses : Free standing specimen

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Remarkable round and palmed leaves of 8-12cm, cut out to a half with 7-11 oval lobes. Gold coloured from spring to autumn, sometimes edged in red or brown. Small compact and relatively dense, sometimes growing to over 3m with age. Red-purple flowers appear, in little erect bunches, before the leaves, followed by winged fruit. Prefers a non-chalky soil, rich, cool and well drained. Well known in Japan for more than 2 centuries. Melliferous.