Job's Nursery and Pumpkin Patch LLC

Helping Tri-City Gardeners Grow Since 1940!

Job's Nursery LLC is a family owned nursery and tree farm that offers a wide selection of outdoor plants that are hardy for our area. We are located just north of Pasco on Columbia River Road.  It's a short trip to a beautiful location to escape the hustle and bustle of your everyday life.

 

 

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Japanese Maple, Red Dragon

Acer palmatum 'Red Dragon'

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Japanese Maple, Red Dragon (Acer palmatum 'Red Dragon') at Job's Nursery

Japanese Maple, Red Dragon

Japanese Maple, Red Dragon

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Japanese Maple, Red Dragon (Acer palmatum 'Red Dragon') at Job's Nursery

Japanese Maple, Red Dragon foliage

Japanese Maple, Red Dragon foliage

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Japanese Maple, Red Dragon (Acer palmatum 'Red Dragon') at Job's Nursery

Japanese Maple, Red Dragon

Japanese Maple, Red Dragon

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Height:  6 feet

Spread:  6 feet

Sunlight:  partial shade 

Hardiness Zone:  5b

Other Names:  Acer palmatum var. dissectum 'Red Dragon'

Group/Class:  Dissectum

Description:

A stunning landscape choice, this fine small accent tree features superb reddish foliage color all season long on a compact, graceful form. Needs afternoon shade and wind protection.

Ornamental Features

Japanese Maple, Red Dragon is primarily valued in the landscape or garden for its ornamental globe-shaped form. It features subtle corymbs of red flowers rising above the foliage in mid spring before the leaves. It has attractive burgundy deciduous foliage which emerges cherry red in spring. The deeply cut ferny palmate leaves are highly ornamental and turn an outstanding crimson in the fall. The rough gray bark and red branches add an interesting dimension to the landscape.

Landscape Attributes

Japanese Maple, Red Dragon is an open deciduous tree with a strong central leader and a more or less rounded form. It lends an extremely fine and delicate texture to the landscape composition which can make it a great accent feature on this basis alone.

This is a relatively low maintenance tree, and can be pruned at anytime. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Japanese Maple, Red Dragon is recommended for the following landscape applications;

  • Accent
  • Mass Planting
  • Hedges/Screening
  • General Garden Use

Planting & Growing

Japanese Maple, Red Dragon will grow to be about 6 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 6 feet. It tends to be a little leggy, with a typical clearance of 2 feet from the ground, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 80 years or more.

This tree should be grown in a location with partial shade or which is shaded from the hot afternoon sun. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. This plant should be periodically fertilized throughout the active growing season with a specially-formulated acidic fertilizer. It is not particular as to soil pH, but grows best in rich soils. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution, and will benefit from being planted in a relatively sheltered location. Consider applying a thick mulch around the root zone in winter to protect it in exposed locations or colder microclimates. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.

 
 
Hardiness Zone Plant Height Minimum Sunlight
Characteristics
Accent  Massing  Screening  Garden 
Applications
Flowers  Fruit  Foliage Color  Fall Color  Texture  Plant Form  Bark 
Ornamental Features