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Growth Facts
- Hardiness Zone: 5-9
- Spacing: 6-8'
- Exposure: Sun/Part Shade
- Deer Resistant: Yes
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Red Pygmy Japanese Maple
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With its feathery, fine-textured leaves, Red Pygmy Japanese Maple will bring a feeling of lightness and softness to your landscape. Planted near the entrance to your home, it will be a welcoming tree that invites a closer look; planted by your back patio, its cloudlike foliage will inspire a peaceful frame of mind while you unwind at the end of the day. Besides its fluffy texture, this enchanting little ornamental tree also offers a marvelous show of changing colors though the seasons. Like a mood ring, its leaves shift from red in spring to green with red highlights in summer to gold in fall. Truly a treasure.
Growth Facts
- Hardiness Zone: 5-9
- Spacing: 6-8'
- Exposure: Sun/Part Shade
- Deer Resistant: Yes
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The Story
Red Pygmy belongs to a category of Japanese Maples known as the “Linearlilobum” group, in reference to the leaves’ long, linear, ribbon-like lobes. The foliage of the trees in this group is often compared to that of bamboo. Red Pygmy is a Japanese tree discovered in an Italian garden by a Dutch nurseryman! C. Esveld Nursery of the Netherlands introduced it in 1969. Now in its sixth generation of management, this family nursery has been going strong for over 150 years. Japanese Maples remain one of their biggest passions.
The Details
Don’t panic if your Red Pygmy Japanese Maple has some leaves that are different from the super-skinny leaves it is famous for. This is normal. On some Japanese Maples, the new growth tends to produce wider-lobed or “juvenile” foliage. Once the branch is two or three years old, its leaves will assume the proper (“adult”) form. Different leaves coming from the base of the tree, however, should be pruned off.
How to Grow
This petite, slow-growing tree fits into any garden no matter how small, and caring for it is a breeze. Give Red Pygmy a site in full sun or light shade. As with most Japanese Maples, a location that offers morning sun while providing some relief in the form of shade during the hottest hours of the afternoon gives the best results. Little pruning is necessary and pests and diseases rarely attack this normally trouble-free, low-maintenance tree. One disease that can strike Japanese Maples is verticillium wilt. This often fatal disease is best prevented by proper watering and feeding, which will empower your tree to use its own natural defenses to ward off such problems.
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Size B
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Size B Trees:
6' tall, strong stem caliper, strong branching and great form. Grown in our #10 or #15 tree container in this size. This tree will have an immediate impact on your landscape.
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