Bloodgood Japanese Maple for Sale | Why You Need One

A Bloodgood Japanese Maple Is A Great Choice

The bloodgood Japanese maple is an excellent small tree for the home landscape. This ornamental tree adds color, contrast, and beauty to your yard and can even increase the value of your home. Add some curb appeal with the beautiful bloodgood Japanese Maple for sale.

Features:

The bloodgood is an upright Japanese maple that reaches between 15 and 20 feet tall and wide at maturity. The attractive leaves are purple-red in spring and summer and develop brighter red color in fall. This tree has inconspicuous (but lovely when viewed up close) blooms in spring. The silver bark and attractive habit of the bloodgood offer nice year-round interest.

Facts:

1. The Acer palmatum 'Bloodgood' is an award winning tree. It is one of the few Japanese maples to be awarded the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit. It is regarded as one of the best upright Japanese maples.

2. Many Japanese maples prefer some shade especially in warmer climates. The bloodgood has very good sun tolerance even in warmer climates.

3. Like most Japanese maples, bloodgoods are native to Japan, Korea, and China.

Japanese Maple Care

The bloodgood maple is a low maintenance tree once it is established. This Japanese maple variety performs well in full sunlight or part shade and prefers a slightly acidic, fertile, moist soil. Feed your Japanese maple tree in spring with a slow release fertilizer. Water your bloodgood maple tree when the soil begins to dry out for best growth. This hardy Japanese maple grows in zones 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9.

Pro Tips:

• Japanese maples like moist soil, but do become drought tolerant once they are established. We recommend keeping this tree watered throughout its first summer after planting. This will encourage better and faster growth and will help protect against leaf scorch for trees planted in full sun.

• Mulch Japanese maples after planting to encourage the soil to hold onto moisture longer. This also keeps weeds that compete for nutrients and moisture away and reduces hand watering needs. Pine mulch or pine straw are good choices for bloodgood maples.

• We also recommend adding a thick layer of mulch for winter protection in the first year after planting in growing zones 5 and 6.

Now you have learned all about the bloodgood Japanese maple. If you are interested in purchasing a bloodgood, check out our Bloodgood Japanese Maple for Sale online! Our online plant nursery delivers high quality plants and trees for sale right to your doorstep and saves you the hassle of going to a garden center and safely driving your tree home.