Red Dragon Japanese Maple Tree

The gorgeous fiery roar of the Red Dragon Japanese Maple Tree (Acer palmatum 'Red Dragon') will turn heads when you include it in your landscape this year! Featuring bold color, a layered branch structure, and distinctive, lacy foliage! Red Dragon's vivid purple foliage holds well through the sun and heat of summer until it changes into an outstanding flaming, apple-red color in the fall!

The lacy leaves are accented in the spring with red flowers the bees seek out. Red Dragon keeps its tremendous deep color in sun or shade too! Far better than any other Laceleaf Maples! This radiant Japanese Maple is not only finely textured with its heavily dissected foliage, but also its heavily saturated purplish-crimson and scarlet color that glows!

Red Dragon has a dwarf growth habit and is well-branched with a cascading mound shape. A hardy and vigorous grower can add one foot per year once established and will reach its mature height in just 10 years. Hardy throughout USDA planting zones 5 to 9, Red Dragon is both heat and cold-hardy and very easy to grow!

Landscape Application:

With its bold colors and unique foliage, this outstanding Red Dragon is a perfect choice for a small garden where you need a dramatic high-impact small tree or large shrub that turns heads!

Perfect front yard specimen, especially when elevated onto a raised berm to further highlight it! Include some boulders to allow the branches to cascade and spill out over them! Try a Red Dragon at the bottom of your steps leading to your front door, as the anchor on the corner of your home!

Perfect as a showy focal point throughout your Rock gardens, formal garden accents, and are a must-have for Asian-inspired and Meditation gardens! Include a reflection pool, other flowing shrubs and perennials, boulders, sculptures, and a trickling water feature or waterfall!

When young or kept pruned smaller, Red Dragon becomes an absolutely stunning container plant and can become a spectacular focal point in a large urn or upscale planter! Have some fun and try your hand at creating Bonsai! It's easy with this already ornamental tree!

• Distinctive Scarlet/Crimson Red Palmate Foliage
• Amazing Color & Elegant Branching
• Red Spring Flowers & Scarlet Fall Color
• Lacy Cascading Waterfall Effect
• Incredible Specimens, Accents & Container Focal Points

#ProPlantTips for Care:

Handling more sun than other Japanese Maples, especially in cooler growing zones. In warmer climates, does better in dappled sun and sites with afternoon shade. Red Dragon does need some protection from cold wind and summer drought. It thrives in moist well-drained soil but can tolerate a variety of soil conditions. Not drought tolerant, Red Dragon requires regular watering, especially in the first five years. Prune if needed during the dormant winter months.

• More Sun In Cooler Zones & More Shade In Warmer Climates
• Well-Drained Soil
• Moisture Loving Deciduous Tree
• Prune When Dormant If Needed
• Easy To Grow Showy Ornamental

Fiery bold red color from spring until fall, the gorgeous Red Dragon Laceleaf Japanese Maple Tree will transform your garden into a peaceful respite or upscale landscape! Order this living sculpture today at NatureHills.com!