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Emperor I Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum 'Emperor I'

This plant died!

This beautiful tree up and died back to within 3 inches of the soil line. I don’t know why, but just in case I replaced it with a completely different tree, a Tricolor birch.

I love the deep red/purple color leaves of this tree. We bought this to serve as another screen at the edge of our yard, and chose it due to the vertical growth which I found is hard to come by in Japanese Maples. Looking forward to see how it grows!

  • Plant Type
  • Tree
  • Dead or Alive
  • Dead
  • Shade Grade
  • A
  • Light Requirement
  • Part Shade
  • Sun
  • Location
  • North Side Yard
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Medium growing upright deciduous broadleaf tree. 8 - 10 feet tall, 3 - 5 feet wide. Hardy to -10 degrees F.

Gardener's Log

09/2016: Planted in North Side Garden

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emperor japanese maple photo

Photo by F. D. Richards

emperor japanese maple photo

Photo by F. D. Richards

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Emperor Japanese Maple

Shade Grade

A

It's been less than a year as of this entry, but it looks great so far, complementing its neighboring Coralbark Maple.

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Hi! I'm Lorie and I wrangle plants in a muddy, feral shade garden in the Pacific Northwest. I built this site to serve as a gardening journal and quasi-accurate record of planting successes and failures. My goal is to help "future me" be a better gardener. I hope what I've learned along the way can be useful to you too. Thanks for visiting!

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