Why Plant Fernleaf Full Moon Maple?
If autumn color is your passion, then this is the tree for you! Fernleaf Full Moon Maple will give you fall fireworks each year. During spring and summer, its soft green leaves are beautiful, too—deeply cut and heavily lobed, like feathery fingers. But fall is when it takes your breath away. Plants in sunnier sites will turn a blazing scarlet color, while in a bit more shade, you’ll get a mix of red, orange, purple, and gold. Site Fernleaf Full Moon Maple where the morning sun can shine through the foliage, and it will glow like stained glass! Magical.
Full Moon Maple, native to Japan, Manchuria, and Korea, is similar to the species known as Japanese Maple, but there are some differences. Full Moon Maple is less tolerant of hot weather than Japanese Maple, and its branches are stiffer and coarser. It gets its name from its rounded leaves. This cut-leaved variety was introduced to the public in 1888 by Parsons Nursery of Flushing, New York. It may have already existed in Japan before then, however, because it also has a Japanese name, Maiku Jaku, which means “Dancing Peacock.”
How to use Fernleaf Full Moon Maple in the landscape?
Fernleaf Full Moon Maple flowers are underrated! They dangle below the downy-soft, newly emerging leaves like tiny red bells, the bright yellow stamens poking out from the bottom. You won’t notice them from a distance, but up close, they’re precious! Put a bench under your tree so you can sit down and appreciate them at close range.
Planting Zones
Hardiness Zone: 4-7
How To Plant Fernleaf Full Moon Maple
Fernleaf Full Moon Maple is happiest in moderate climates where winters are neither too frigid, nor summers too hot and steamy. It appreciates some shade from the afternoon sun. Wind protection is advisable in sites exposed to freezing winter winds. Fernleaf Full Moon Maple 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 To Water
Once you have found the perfect location to plant your Japanese Maple, it will appreciate regular water during the first few years in the ground. Be sure to keep it watered throughout dry spells until it has become established in your garden.
How To Prune
Pruning is rarely needed on the Fernleaf Full Moon Maple but in the case that it is, it is best to do so when full dormant.
How Does Shipping Work?
Bower & Branch Trees, the real BIG trees, don’t fit in a box! Our 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. We deliver your trees and plants directly to you. Ask Bower & Branch about planting services – we'd be happy to assist in installation.
*For Big trees and Shrubs, Size XL and bigger: Review our Seasonal Shipping Timelines and Policy here.
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.
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.
