‘English Lace’ Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum ‘English Lace’

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5a-9b Find Your Zone

Height at Maturity: 10-15’…maybe taller

Width at Maturity: 10-15’…maybe wider

Growth Habit / Form: Upright

Growth Rate: Moderate

Foliage Color in Spring: Deep Maroon-Red

Foliage Color in Summer: Burgundy Red

Foliage Color in Fall: Brilliant Scarlet shades

Light Needs: Full Sun or Mostly Sun, Morning Sun with Dappled or Afternoon Shade, All Day Filtered Sun, Morning Shade with Evening Sun, Shade or Mostly Shade

Water Needs: Average, moderately drought tolerant when established

Soil Type: Clay (amend heavy clay to ensure good drainage), Sandy, Loam & Clay

Drainage: Moist But Well Drained – well drained soil is a must for Japanese maples!

Soil pH: 5.0 – 7.0 is ideal

Maintenance: Low

Resistances: Deer, Heat Tolerant, Insect Resistant, Sun Tolerant, Disease

Description

‘English Lace’ is one among just a few upright laceleaf Japanese maples in cultivation, but extremely rare. It’s an absolutely lovely small tree to about 15 feet tall and equally as wide with a pleasing natural habit and form similar to that of ‘Seiryu’ but with red leaves. The finely dissected leaves on ours emerge deep maroon-red in spring and holds their color throughout the season better than many other red leaf cultivars. Nice red shades in fall. One of our favorites, this one very natural branching similar to native dogwoods and can be grown in full sun to shady sites, but we think the leaf color will be more intense with more sun. As she grows taller, lower branches can be removed to expose trunk.

Landscape & Garden Uses

To showcase its magnificence and beauty, the English Lace Japanese Maple is best used in the landscape as a focal point specimen to draw attention to a specific area of the home or landscape.

Container culture can extend the useful range of Japanese Maples. They are extremely easy to grow in containers, a practice taken to its most extreme form in the art of bonsai. Click on the link below under Helpful Articles for Japanese Maple container planting instructions.

Note: One Japanese Maple can make a landscape…that is, if you don’t overcrowd it with other trees and plants. Therefore, when choosing companions to plant under or around your Japanese Maple, make sure to select low-growing shrubs or groundcovers that won’t interfere at all with your tree.

Growing Preferences

Though delicate looking, Japanese Maples are actually very tough and long-lived trees. They are very easy to grow in garden beds or containers.

In their natural habitat, Japanese Maples are understory trees, growing in dappled forest sunlight at the edges of woodlands. Ideally they prefer to be grown in similar conditions. That said, there are many sun-tolerant Japanese Maple varieties, of which English Lace is one.

Most any average garden soil will grow Japanese Maples. They prefer a moist but well-drained soil of average or better fertility. As with so many other ornamental plants and trees, constantly soggy or wet soil can be problematic. So make sure to plant your Japanese Maple in a well-drained site.

Helpful Articles

Click on a link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant and care for Japanese Maple trees.

How To Plant A Japanese Maple Tree In The Ground

How to Plant A Japanese Maple Tree In A Pot

How To Fertilize And Water A Japanese Maple Tree

How To Prune A Japanese Maple

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Many thanks to Wilson Bros., for my new tree. As always, it arrived beautifully packed, moist and all branches intact and very healthy. Good nursery for online orders!—————————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG