Acer Palmatum Bloodgood

2-3 Litre Pot

• RHS Award of Garden Merit
• Position: Partial Shade
• Soil: Moist, well drained
• Growth Rate: Slow
• Hardiness: H6
• Eventual Height: 5m
• Eventual Spread: 5m

Acer Palmatum Bloodgood, also known as Japanese Maple, and is a holder the prestigious RHS Award of Garden Merit, is a deciduous small tree or large shrub.  It is of slow growing and upright habit and its deeply cut dark red-purple leaves turn a beautiful bright red or blood red in the Autumn. This plant makes a stunning focal point in any garden.

Looking After Your Acer Palmatum Bloodgood

This Acer is an easy to grow small ornamental tree and suitable in many if not all locations. A low maintenance plant which can benefit from partial or dappled shade in all types of garden from informal cottage planting schemes to the more formal town garden, preferring a fertile, moist and well drained soil. In Spring apply a good layer of mulch around the base to help retain moisture during the Summer months, and feed with a general purpose fertiliser. Very little if any pruning is required, although removal of damaged or unwanted branches should be done in Spring while still dormant.