Tobiosho Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum

Plant Details

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

Height at Maturity: 15-20′

Width at Maturity: 15-20′

Growth Habit / Form: Upright, Broad, Rounded

Growth Rate: Moderate to Fast; 12-15″ per year

Foliage Color in Spring: Green

Foliage Color in Summer: Green

Foliage Color in Fall: Gold, Orange and Red shades

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

Water Needs: Average

Soil Type: Clay (Amend heavy clay to ensure good drainage, Loam, Sandy, Silty

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

Soil pH: 5.0 – 7.0 is ideal

Maintenance: Low

Resistances: Cold Temperatures (-20F), Deer, Heat Tolerant, Insect Resistant, Sun Tolerant

Description

An impressive Japanese Maple suited for larger spaces, ‘Tobiosho’ is one of the faster and larger growing of the upright Acer palmatum cultivars. Adding up to 15 inches in size per year, it forms a broad canopy that can reach 20 feet tall and nearly as wide when all grown up. The highly ornamental palmate leaves of this beauty emerge and stay green through the warms seasons, but with the arrival of cooler temperatures in fall Tobioshio begins its unrivaled show of brilliant foliage colors. The show starts on the lower branches when golden-yellow leaves first appear then making their way through the top branches. Then comes the orange and scarlet shades until all three colors are present on the tree at once. The final act of the season occurs when all the leaves turn a glorious scarlet red. Attractive rough gray bark and red branches take the stage during winter. Numerous but subtle and pretty corymbs of red flowers dangle below and contrast beautifully with the light green foliage in mid spring. This is one of those magnificent trees that will always have you looking forward to fall. So have your camera ready to capture all the acts in the show!

Landscape & Garden Uses

To showcase its magnificence and beauty, Tobiosho Japanese Maple is best used as a specimen to draw attention to a specific area of the landscape. That said, you can plant in groupings of three or more in larger landscape spaces. Excellent for proving shade around patios and other outdoor sitting spaces.

Note: One Japanese Maple can make a landscape…that is, if you don’t overcrowd it with other trees and plants. Therefore, when selecting 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 and are very easy to grow in the ground or in pots, planters or other containers.

In their natural habitat, Japanese Maples are understory trees, growing in dappled forest sunlight at the edges of woodlands. That said, Tobiosho is one of a few that are very sun tolerant!

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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