{"id":2715,"date":"2012-12-10T12:00:41","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T17:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=2715"},"modified":"2012-10-08T20:55:47","modified_gmt":"2012-10-09T00:55:47","slug":"beni-kawa-japanese-maple-for-winter-bark-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2012\/12\/10\/beni-kawa-japanese-maple-for-winter-bark-color\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Beni kawa’ Japanese Maple for Winter Bark Color"},"content":{"rendered":"
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10 year old Beni kawa Japanese maple<\/p><\/div>\n

Beni kawa Japanese maple (Acer palmatum<\/em> \u2018Beni kawa\u2019) is a smaller version of the popular coral bark maple \u2018Sango kaku\u2019. It was introduced by Greer Gardens Nursery in Oregon in 1987.\u00a0<\/strong> ‘Beni kawa’ matures to 12-15 feet\u00a0tall and 8-10 feet wide, compared to 20-25 feet tall for ‘Sango kaku’. Both cultivars\u00a0form a vase-shaped branched small tree or large shrub. The pale green bark on the trunk and stems turns\u00a0coral red in winter.<\/p>\n

The 5-7 pointed palmate leaves emerge soft green in spring, and fall foliage color ranges from yellow to orange. The leaves tend to emerge early in spring and\u00a0may be\u00a0subject to injury from late spring frosts. The small reddish flowers in spring are attractive up close, and are\u00a0mostly inconspicuous from a distance. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The foliage may burn in direct summer sun in USDA zone 7 and 8, preferring some afternoon shade protection. Japanese maples grow in a compost rich, well- drained, and moderately acidic soil. Irrigation and mulching are desirable during\u00a0summer dry spells and protect roots from dry winter winds. Pruning, if needed, is best performed during the spring and summer months to avoid significant sap bleeding from the pruning cuts.<\/p>\n

There are no serious insect or disease problems. Beni kawa appears to be slightly more cold tolerant than Sango kaku. Beni kawa is sometimes mistakenly spelled \u201cBeni gawa\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Beni kawa Japanese maple (Acer palmatum \u2018Beni kawa\u2019) is a smaller version of the popular coral bark maple \u2018Sango kaku\u2019. It was introduced by Greer Gardens Nursery in Oregon in 1987.\u00a0 ‘Beni kawa’ matures to 12-15 feet\u00a0tall and 8-10 feet wide, compared to 20-25 feet tall for ‘Sango kaku’. Both cultivars\u00a0form a vase-shaped branched small […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,605,153,616,551,843,630,705,113,850,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2715"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2715"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2739,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2715\/revisions\/2739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}