General plant form is rounded to broad-rounded, often with low branching. Rich with many shapes and habits, their cooler powder blue foliage tones down the gold and crimson foliage of the maples.įairly easy to replicate, this planting includes top-performing plants which have been awarded prestigious awards. Acer palmatum, commonly called Japanese maple, is a deciduous shrub or small tree that typically grows to 10-25' (infrequently to 40') tall. glabra 'Blue Ice' (Smooth Arizona Cypress), or Juniperus squamata 'Blue Star' (Flaky Juniper). They are interplanted with popular blue evergreen conifers, such as Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca' (Atlas Cedar), Cupressus arizonica var. The eye can never pass lightly over the dazzling color presented by their flaming foliage across seasons or the graceful outlines of their brilliant twigs and branches. Most are famed for the dramatic effect they bring to the garden, such as 'Bloodgood', 'Viridis', and 'Sango-Kaku'.
In this stunning garden border, a few Japanese maples have been carefully selected. If you add a few evergreen shrubs, trees, or herbaceous plants, your garden becomes a place of outstanding beauty all year long.
While a single Japanese maple can provide a striking focal point, when combined with other maples of different graceful habits, elegantly cut leaves, and extraordinarily colorful foliage, the effect is spectacular. Complement with groundcovers such as Pachysandra terminalis (Japanese Spurge) or Tradescantia (Wandering Jew).įind below several plant combination ideas with Japanese Maples.Prized for their brilliant fall foliage, in glorious shades of red, yellow, and orange, Japanese maples are ravishing four-season trees.Add foliage plants such as Heuchera (Coral Bells), Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens' (Black Mondo Grass), Ferns with their graceful fronds, Hostas with their smooth leaves, Carex (Sedges), ornamental grasses with bright golden foliage such as Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola' (Hakone Grass), to carry the display over the year.Low-growing spring bulbs such as Crocus, Cyclamen, Scilla (Squill), Chionodoxa (Glory of the Snow), Erythronium (Dog Tooth Violet), Anemone blanda (Grecian Windflower), Iris reticulata (Dwarf Iris), Leucojum (Snowflake), Eranthis hyemalis (Winter Aconite) and Narcissi (Daffodil) will create a flowering carpet and provide eye-catching color to your garden at a time when it is still dormant.Then turn a typical Japanese Maple green in summer and in fall they turn yellow with golden tones. Leaves are bright green with reddish margin is spring. Its brilliant coral bark color in winter can become almost florescent. The most popular Hellebore varieties are the Lenten Roses (Helleborus x hybridus or Helleborus orientalis) which are available in a rich array of colors including pink, purple, red, white, green, apricot, and yellow. Flowering a month or so earlier are the Christmas Roses (Helleborus niger) with their pristine white to pink-tinged white blossoms. The Coral Bark Japanese Maple is one of the most outstanding maples. Hellebores (Helleborus) are great Japanese Maple partners since they share the same growing conditions. Among the acid-loving plants are Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Kalmia latifola (Mountain Laurel), and dwarf conifers. Great companion plants are those sharing the same cultural requirements. Japanese Maples are easily grown in moist, organically rich, slightly acidic, well-drained soils.They can adapt to a wide range of cultural situations, are shallow-rooted, and are not serious competitors with companion shrubs. Noted for its showy coral bark and fall color, award-winning Acer palmatum Sango-kaku (Coral-Bark Maple) is a large deciduous shrub or small tree that is. Japanese Maples are exceptionally beautiful in mixed borders or underplanted with companion plants. Well-behaved, they make perfect partners with other plants and help create strikingly beautiful combinations in the garden. While extraordinarily good-looking on their own, Japanese Maples, however, look more charming when planted with companion plants. Native to Japan, Korea, and China, Japanese Maples (Acer palmatum) include a rich variety of deciduous shrubs or small trees with graceful habits, elegantly cut leaves, and extraordinarily colorful foliage, particularly in the fall when the leaves turn dazzling shades of golden-yellow, red-purple and bronze, before shedding to the ground.Ī single Japanese Maple placed in a prominent place attracts attention from every part of the garden.
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