Japanese Maple, Viridis Cutleaf Acer palmatum 'Dissectum Viridis' Height: 6 feet Spread: 8 feet
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Hardiness Zone: 5a Other Names: Laceleaf, Threadleaf Japanese Maple Group/Class: Dissectum Description: Amazing gold-orange fall color; delicate, lacy leaves of bright green during summer on a cascading form; Japanese maples are beautiful small landscape trees, it has almost the perfect shape, habit, and fall colors. Needs afternoon shade & wind protection. Ornamental Features Japanese Maple, Viridis Cutleaf is primarily valued in the landscape or garden for its cascading habit of growth. It has attractive green deciduous foliage. The small deeply cut ferny palmate leaves are highly ornamental and turn outstanding shades of gold and orange in the fall. Landscape Attributes Japanese Maple, Viridis Cutleaf is a dense multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with a shapely form and gracefully arching branches. 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 shrub, and should only be pruned in summer after the leaves have fully developed, as it may 'bleed' sap if pruned in late winter or early spring. It has no significant negative characteristics. Japanese Maple, Viridis Cutleaf is recommended for the following landscape applications; Planting & Growing Japanese Maple, Viridis Cutleaf will grow to be about 6 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 8 feet. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 1 foot 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 60 years or more. This shrub should be grown in a location with partial shade and 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. Japanese Maple, Viridis Cutleaf makes a fine choice for the outdoor landscape, but it is also well-suited for use in outdoor pots and containers. Because of its height, it is often used as a 'thriller' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination; plant it near the center of the pot, surrounded by smaller plants and those that spill over the edges. It is even sizeable enough that it can be grown alone in a suitable container. Note that when grown in a container, it may not perform exactly as indicated on the tag - this is to be expected. Also note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.
