5 Litre Pot (Potted up September 2025) RHS Award of Garden Merit Position: Partial Shade Soil: Moist, well drained Growth Rate: Slow Hardiness: H6 Eventual Height: 5m Eventual Spread: 5m Acer Palmatum Bloodgood, also known as Japanese Maple, and is a holder the prestigious RHS Award of Garden Merit, is a deciduous small tree or large shrub. It is of slow growing and upright habit and its deeply cut dark red-purple leaves turn a beautiful bright red or blood red in the Autumn. This plant makes a stunning focal point in any garden. Looking After Your Acer Palmatum Bloodgood This Acer is an easy to grow small ornamental tree and suitable in many if not all locations. A low maintenance plant which can benefit from partial or dappled shade in all types of garden from informal cottage planting schemes to the more formal town garden, preferring a fertile, moist and well drained soil. In Spring apply a good layer of mulch around the base to help retain moisture during the Summer months, and feed with a general purpose fertiliser. Very little if any pruning is required, although removal of damaged or unwanted branches should be done in Spring while still dormant.
