Orangeola Japanese Maple – High Grafted

Acer palmatum dissectum ‘Orangeola’

Plant Details

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

Height at Maturity: 8-10′

Width at Maturity: 8′ or so

Growth Habit / Form: Upright, Weeping/Cascading

Growth Rate: Moderate

Foliage Color in Spring: Bright Orange to Red to Dark Maroon

Foliage Color in Summer: Green with Orange & Red Undertones with Mid-Summer Orange Flush

Foliage Color in Fall: Brilliant Orange and Red

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

Water Needs: Average, moderately drought tolerant when established

Soil Type: Sandy, Loam & Clay (Condition heavy clay soils when planting)

Drainage: Well drained soil is a must!

Soil pH: 5.0 – 7.0 is ideal

Maintenance: Low

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

Description

An absolutely beautiful tree with vivid coloring spring through fall and exceptional sun tolerance, the Orangeola Japanese Maple is a weeping, semi-upright grower to about 8 to 10 feet tall an 8 feet wide. In spring its new lacy leaves emerge bright orange to red. As the second flush of growth comes on the trees can have a two tone appearance; orange new growth with dark maroon and/or green older growth. During summer the leaves may become a handsome green with orange and red undertones. In fall, a spectacular show of brilliant fiery-red and orange is truly a sight to behold!

Landscape & Garden Uses

To showcase its magnificence and beauty, Orangeola 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. That said, you can plant them in groupings of three or plant one on both sides of an entryway. Orangeola is excellent for use in containers.

Suggested Spacing: At least 12 feet apart for space between trees

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.

Note: For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 5a, where this Japanese Maple variety is not reliably winter hardy, you’ll be happy to know it can be grown in containers that can be brought indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.

Growing Preferences

Though delicate looking, Japanese Maples are actually very tough and long-lived trees. They are very easy to grow. Container culture can extend their useful range. They are extremely easy to grow in containers, a practice taken to its most extreme form in the art of bonsai.

In their natural habitat, Japanese Maples are understory trees, growing in dappled forest sunlight at the edges of woodlands. That said, Orangeola Japanese Maple has excellent sun tolerance.

Most any average garden soil will grow Japanese Maples. They prefer a moist but well-drained soil rich in organic matter. 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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I purchased this same cultivar, Acer palmatum ‘Edgewood’, a week ago and posted photos in a Japanese Maple group. The responses were all rave reviews. I’ve never seen this tree offered before nor have other group members. The two specimens of the tree I received were lovely, relatively tall and well branched. I can’t wait for the autumn color change. I couldn’t be more satisfied. Thank you!————————————————–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

I just received my tree, and it was perfect! It came packed securely, so well it took several minutes to unbox. also it shipped quickly.—————————————-Thanks so much for the photo! We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the kind words and great review! Beth | WBG 🙂

Hello…first I want to tell you how lovely it was to speak to one of your associates. I am sorry I do not have her name. This kind woman took my call after I placed my internet order and I wanted to ask about the size of the trees. I am planting 3 along my walkway and wanted them about the same size, She very happily explained and she went above by telling me she would go out and select 3 actual trees and tag them for me (incase my note wasn’t seen in the order). She was lovely and that is service!
The trees came very well packaged, no damage and look very healthy. They are mostly green but I think the “orange part” hopefully happens as the weather warms, our weather has been crazy and I hope to get them into the ground by mid-May.
Thank you so much, this is my first time ordering from you but it will not be the last! kindest regards,————————————–We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! And yes the color will change with weather and seasons. Thanks for the great review and the kind words! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

Packing and shipment were terrific. I was really surprised by the state of the tree… it looked like I just picked it up at the nursery. Well done Wilson Bros!
Looking forward to decades with this gem.
Thank you!————————————–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

Beautiful tree arrived in excellent condition as usual. Lookin’ good.—————————————–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

All orders received. All plants and trees in excellent shape. 66 degrees today and all planted. Exhausted. Thank you very much. More later.———————————–We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

The trees arrived on time, were well packed and in good condition. Very pleased with the quality and shape of the trees.———————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

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But I am sure glad I found you and have wonderful plantings around our home as the result.
The thing that has brought me back for additional orders was first the QUALITY of the plants.
AND the great care you folks take in shipping said plants that I unpack with a tree saw [Yes].
Many THANKS to all you good folks in these days of Covid 19 may you live long and prosper.————————————————Thanks so much for your review. Let us know if there’s ever anything we can help you with. 🙂 – Beth | WBG