DARK PURPLE TO RED FOLIAGE DAZZLES IN YOUR LANDSCAPE
FEATURES:
- In spring, red flowers decorate the branches before the leaves emerge
- In the fall, leaves will turn to an attractive crimson color
- Rough, gray bark and red branches provide amazing winter interest
- Dense, upright spreading, fine-textured deciduous tree
- Best when grown as a specimen tree in a smaller landscape, as a dense privacy screen or on the corner of your home for a stunning pop of color
- Hand selected fresh from our grower
Growth Facts
- Hardiness Zone: 5-8
- Mature Height: 15-18' tall
- Mature Width: 10-15' wide
- Exposure: Part Shade
- Spacing: 10-15' apart
Why plant Crimson Prince Japanese Maple?
Looks sharp in all seasons! Crimson Prince Japanese Maple is a colorful, classy specimen tree that never has an off-day. First, the leaves emerge a simmering, shocking red color, glowing in the cool spring sunshine. Later, the foliage shifts to a rich, regal burgundy-red. When crisp weather arrives in fall, the leaves take on bright crimson tones once more. Even in winter, Crimson Prince is handsome, with its smooth, muscular branches on full display. Plant this striking, sculptural tree in any of the formal borders surrounding your home, but preferably in a high-visibility area. A focal point par excellence!
The standard in upright, red-leaved Japanese Maples is Bloodgood, a variety that may have originated in a New York City nursery in the 1790s. Crimson Prince is a seedling of Bloodgood that many consider to be superior to the original. It is said to hold its good red color better in the summer’s heat, to grow faster, and to be more cold-hardy than Bloodgood. It was discovered by the late William Flemer III of Princeton Nurseries in New Jersey, and it was patented in 1988. Bill Flemer was a passionate grower who was responsible for introducing 62 new varieties of plants to the world.
How to use Crimson Prince Japanese Maple in the landscape?
Crimson Prince is a more upright grower than Bloodgood, which tends to spread out with age. Crimson Prince is also more densely branched, and makes a thick column of deep red foliage that blocks views into your garden during the growing season.
Planting Zones
Hardiness Zone: 5-8
How To Plant Crimson Prince Japanese Maple
Crimson Prince Japanese Maple is happiest in moderate climates where winters are neither too frigid, nor summers too hot and steamy. In the warmer parts of its range, it appreciates some shade from the afternoon sun, though it can be grown in full sun where summers are mild. Wind protection is advisable in sites exposed to freezing winter winds. Crimson Prince isn’t fussy about soil, as long as it isn’t wet. Like most Maple Trees, it does occasionally fall prey to verticillium wilt, a fungal disease present in some soils. The disease is more likely to attack stressed trees, and proper cultural care is the best means of defense against it.
How Does Shipping Work?
Big trees and shrubs, Size XL and bigger, will take approximately 2 to 3 weeks to be delivered.
Bower & Branch Trees, the real BIG trees, don’t fit in a box! Bower & Branch big trees, sizes XL and bigger, require expert delivery and care, that means our extra-large trees are shipped on Bower & Branch trucks.
We are the only ones who know how to ship our big and bigger trees and plants with tender loving care, that means we deliver your trees and plants directly to you!
For big trees XL and Larger, we offer Bower & Branch Green Glove Planting Services – through our network of Licensed Service Providers we'd be happy to assist in installation.
Size Small, Medium, and Large plants (our Treelings, Shrubs, and Perennials) will be shipped directly to your home by a common carrier. These ship in a Bower & Branch plant-safe designed box within 4-7 business days.
Bower & Branch trees and plants in sizes small, medium or large, are boxed and packaged in a plant-safe box, delivered by FedEx or UPS.
Your trees and plants are grown across the United States at various Bower & Branch Growers. Depending on your location, your plant orders may be shipped from various locations.
Please expect orders with multiple items to be delivered over a number of days as a result. Orders made up of numerous items or selections will not arrive at your home on the same day.
Shipping Delays:
From time to time, Bower & Branch Growers may determine to delay order shipment based on various factors for plant health.
Weather in your region, as well as where your plants are grown, is always considered when shipping. Extreme weather conditions may delay some or all of your order.
Bower & Branch allows our Growers to make final shipping decisions based solely to benefit your trees and plants’ health and success.
Bower & Branch Plant Whisperers - Online Customer Service and Special Requests
The Bower & Branch customer service team WILL surprise you with a first class experience. The Plant Whisperer Team is available to all of our customers for all reasons: shipping updates, special requests, plant care, design, placement, selection and all your other gardening needs!
Our Service Team is directly connected to the best growers (ours!) across the country and have access to more plant experience and knowledge than any other online or neighborhood retailer. Chat with a Plant Whisperer today!
PlantWhisperers@bowerandbranch.com | (866) 873-3888
How Does Sizing Work?
The size of our trees have nothing to do with the container size like you may find elsewhere–big doesn't mean just height - it’s also vigor, age, and overall health. Other online retailers are going to tell you that a plant is a seven gallon, that means nothing to your tree or plant (or you.)
Our trees for sale online are graded on large, x-large, and even bigger sizes. This is because our trees are sized by their age—the higher the letter, the more mature the tree. The age determines the trees’ overall height, size of the trunk and the overall branch density.
All of these characteristics are what you should be looking for when choosing a tree for immediate impact and instant curb appeal. Our extra-large tree and plant sizes are sure to wow you and your neighbors!
See the size guides below.
Our Guarantees
90 DAY SATISFACTION GUARANTEE:
Bower & Branch guarantees customer satisfaction within all product groups and sizes. If for any reason you are not satisfied with the product or experience, you have 90 days from the original date of purchase to request a replacement of the purchased product(s).
How?
Reach out to a Plant Whisperer:
- Email: plantwhisperers@bowerandbranch.com
- Phone: 866-873-3888
- Or via Online Chat
3-YEAR-TREE GUARANTEE:
Bower & Branch offers a Three-Year Tree Guarantee on all of our trees, sizes X-Large and up. Only the finest and the most experienced growers are awarded the opportunity to grow for Bower & Branch, so we offer the best guarantee available.
If your tree(s) should fail for any reason during the three-year guarantee period, you will receive an online gift card in the amount that you originally spent on the tree.* You can then use this online gift card for any Bower & Branch Purchase.
* Bower & Branch provides online gift cards in the amount of the original purchase price of the tree(s). The amount does not include any additional costs such as delivery, planting, tax, or any other products or services. Online gift cards can be applied towards any Bower & Branch purchase on BowerandBranch.com and have no expiration dates. Bower & Branch does not guarantee tree replacement or availability of any desired product at any time. Cash refunds are not offered. Bower & Branch requires that all original tags and receipts are present when a guarantee request is initiated. The Bower & Branch Three-Year Guarantee only applies to plant material that has been planted in the ground. Container plantings are NOT covered.
At Bower & Branch, we do our best to honor all guarantee fulfillment requests to ensure customer satisfaction. However, we reserve the right to refuse the request if the required guarantee steps were not satisfied. Bower & Branch also reserves the right to deny any guarantee fulfillment request that is made as a result of animal damage, problems with plant hardiness and zone issues, or acts of nature (snow storms, hurricanes, and similar).
