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Osakazuki Japanese Maple – 3 Gallon Pot

Original price was: $199.97.Current price is: $95.99.

SKU: D2LSC 7396445258 Categories: JAPANESE MAPLE TREES, PLANTS & TREES

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Osakazuki Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum ‘Osakazuki’

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5a-9b Find Your Zone

Height at Maturity: 15-25′

Width at Maturity: 15′

Growth Habit / Form: Upright, Vase Shape, Rounded crown

Growth Rate: Fast

Foliage Color in Spring: Lime Green

Foliage Color in Summer: Bright Green

Foliage Color in Fall: Brilliant Crimson Red

Light Needs: Full Sun or Mostly Sun, Morning Sun with Dappled or Afternoon Shade, All Day Filtered Sun, Morning Shade with Evening Sun

Water Needs: Average, moderately drought tolerant when established

Soil Type: Sandy, Loam & Clay (Condition heavy clay soils when planting)

Drainage: Well drained soil is a must!

Soil pH: 5.0 – 7.0 is ideal

Maintenance: Low

Resistances: Deer, Heat Tolerant, Insect, Disease, Sun Tolerant

Description

One of the oldest cultivars, and the fastest growing, ‘Osakazuki’ also has what we think is the most brilliant red fall foliage color of any Japanese Maple in existence. As the temperatures begin to cool in fall, its large, 7-lobed, bright green summer leaves become flushed with red, then suddenly turning to the most vibrant, glowing crimson red you’ve ever seen on any Japanese maple. The branches of Osakazuki form an absolutely beautiful vase-shape tree with a rounded crown that reaches 15 to 18 feet tall in the first 10 years and up to 25 feet at maturity.

Landscape & Garden Uses

To showcase its magnificence and beauty, Osakazuki Japanese Maple is best used in the landscape as a focal point specimen to draw attention to a specific area of the home or landscape. That said, you can plant them in groupings of three or plant one on both sides of an entryway to accentuate the entrance.

Suggested Spacing: At least 20 feet apart for space between trees

Container culture can extend the useful range of Japanese Maples. They are extremely easy to grow in containers, a practice taken to its most extreme form in the art of bonsai. Click on the link below under Helpful Articles for Japanese Maple container planting instructions.

Note: One Japanese Maple can make a landscape…that is, if you don’t overcrowd it with other trees and plants. Therefore, when selecting companions to plant under or around your Japanese Maple, make sure to select low-growing shrubs or groundcovers that won’t interfere at all with your tree.

Note: For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 5a, where this Japanese Maple variety is not reliably winter hardy, you’ll be happy to know it can be grown in containers that can be brought indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.

Growing Preferences

Though delicate looking, Japanese Maples are actually very tough and long-lived trees. They are very easy to grow. Container culture can extend their useful range. They are extremely easy to grow in containers, a practice taken to its most extreme form in the art of bonsai.

In their natural habitat, Japanese Maples are understory trees, growing in dappled forest sunlight at the edges of woodlands. Ideally they prefer to be grown in similar conditions. That said, you can find a complete listing of our sun-tolerant Japanese Maple varieties here, of which Osakazuki is one of the best!

Most any average garden soil will grow Japanese Maples. They prefer a moist but well-drained soil rich in organic matter. As with so many other ornamental plants and trees, constantly soggy or wet soil can be problematic. So make sure to plant your Japanese Maple in a well-drained site.

Helpful Articles

Click on a link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant and care for Japanese Maple trees.

How To Plant A Japanese Maple Tree In The Ground

How to Plant A Japanese Maple Tree In A Pot

How To Fertilize And Water A Japanese Maple Tree

How To Prune A Japanese Maple

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