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Snakeskin Maple (Acer capillipes)

This deciduous tree displays a particularly attractive autumn colouring with a combination of golden-yellow, orange red and brilliant carmine red colours. The autumn colouring can be seen from around mid-October until early November.
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Bark

Bark

Bark is green or striped white and smooth, branches red or greenish-brown, with banded surface, round cross-section.

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Application
Public greens, parklands, backyards, containers, private parks, back gardens, front gardens, verandas, winter gardens
Native regions
Japan, Korea, Sakhalin, Taiwan
Location parameters
Light: sunny to off-sun, temperature: warm to normal, soil: fresh, stagnant moisture: to be avoided, soil structure: normal, soil depth: shallow, compaction: to be avoided, humus concentration: medium, soil quality: medium to high, pH value: 5.0 to 6.5
Demands
Very demanding, resistant to urban climates
Growth
Height of growth: 6m to 9m, width of growth 4-5m, growth habit: arcuate, spreading, good stem-builder, continuous stem.
Leaves
Leaves are shaded dark green, turning red or orange in autumn. Luminous autumn foliage. Leaves 6-10cm long.
Flowers
Flowering period: V, inconspicuous green-yellow racemes, 7.0-8.0cm long.
Fruits
Inconspicuous, red-brown schizocarp,1.5-2.0cm long, with flat spreading wings.
Bark
Bark is green or striped white and smooth, branches red or greenish-brown, with banded surface, round cross-section.
Roots
Surface rooting, finely branched

 

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