Taylor Pink Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum ‘Taylor’

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 6a-9a (9b in mostly shade?) Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Deciduous Shrub or Small Tree

Height at Maturity: 5-6′

Width at Maturity: 5-6′

Growth Habit / Form: Upright

Growth Rate: Slow to Moderate

Foliage Color in Spring: Salmon-Pink, White, Light Green

Foliage Color in Summer: Soft Pink, White, Cream and Green; new leaves are Pink

Foliage Color in Fall: Hot Pinkish Red

Light Needs: Morning Sun with Afternoon Shade, Mostly Shade – Avoid afternoon sun

Water Needs: Average

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

Drainage: Moist But Well Drained – Well drained soil is a must! Wet feet is a killer

Soil pH: 5.0 – 7.0 is ideal

Maintenance: Low

Resistances: Deer – more info, Shade

Description

The most pink of any Japanese maple we’ve ever grown, Taylor Pink is a small upright tree to maybe 6 feet tall and wide sporting breathtaking salmon-pink leaves with some green and white mixed in. As the season progresses the leaves transition to more cream and green with some soft pink. Any new growth that emerges during summer is pink. Cooler temperatures in fall bring on hot red pink. A slow growing tree ideal for small garden spaces and containers. Due to the color of its leaves, Taylor Pink does not like direct afternoon sunlight, which will surely scorch them. Give it morning and/or evening sun or filtered sun or all-day dappled shade. As with all other Japanese maples, it does not like wet feet. So make sure to plant it in a well drained site or container and keep the soil moist but not wet.

Landscape & Garden Uses

To showcase its unique beauty, Taylor Pink Japanese Maple is best used in smaller garden spaces as a focal point specimen. Make sure to provide afternoon shade for this one. 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.

Suggested Spacing: 8 feet or more apart for space between plants

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 very easy to grow.

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. Due to the color of its variegated foliage, Taylors Pink Japanese Maple does not like the hot direct afternoon sunlight. Morning sun and evening sun, or all-day dappled shade are okay. If you a looking for one that takes lots of sun there are many sun-tolerant Japanese Maple varieties.

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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This beautiful little Japanese maple with its light pink color draws your eye into my woodland garden. When it arrived, it was a nice size, well packaged and quite healthy. I look forward to watching it grow in my garden.—————————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and wonderful review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

Magnificent plant , package beyond expectations, fast and easy to work with these people, will order and have ordered from them since, and recommend highly to anyone who expects good quality and great service——————————————————————Wow! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy your purchase for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and wonderful review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

ARRIVED WITHIN A FEW DAYS, SAFELY PACKAGED AND VERY HEALTHY. RIGHT AFTER I RECEIVED IT, I PUT IT IN A LARGER POT WITH FILTERED SUNLIGHT. I KNOW HAVE NEW, PINK SHOOTS ON THE TOP AND MY PLANT IS VERY HAPPY! THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP. I’M VERY PLEASED !!——————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and wonderful review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG