Autumn Moon Japanese Maple

Acer shirasawanum 'Autumn Moon'

Autumn Moon Japanese Maple is a small deciduous tree with a rounded crown and large, deeply lobed rounded foliage.  Its leaves emerge bright salmon and slowly transition to bright green, and then turn shades of orange and red in fall. Grows best in part sun and moist well-drained soils.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance.  Water regularly. Mulch in southern climates to keep roots cool.  Keep pruning to a minimum and prune in fall or winter. Potential issues include stem canker, leaf spots, fusarium, wilt, botrytis, anthracnose, and root rots.  Potential insect pests include aphids, scale, borers, root weevils, and mites. Chlorosis may occur in high pH soils.

LANDSCAPE USES: Group Plantings or Specimen Tree, and Woodland Gardens.

COMPANION PLANTS: Black Bamboo, Pieris, Rhododendron

IMAGES: David Thornton, Acer shirasawanum Autumn Moon, CC BY 3.0, (2) Krzysztof Golik, Acer shirasawanum 'Autumn Moon' in Auckland Botanic Gardens 03, CC BY-SA 4.0, (3) Krzysztof Golik, Acer shirasawanum 'Autumn Moon' in Auckland Botanic Gardens 04, CC BY-SA 4.0, (4) Photo by David J. Stang, Acer shirasawanum Autumn Moon 0zz, CC BY-SA 4.0, (5) Krzysztof Golik, Acer shirasawanum 'Autumn Moon' in Auckland Botanic Gardens 02, CC BY-SA 4.0, (6) Krzysztof Golik, Acer shirasawanum 'Autumn Moon' in Auckland Botanic Gardens 01, CC BY-SA 4.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown