{"id":9615,"date":"2017-04-30T12:00:08","date_gmt":"2017-04-30T16:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=9615"},"modified":"2017-04-25T21:30:19","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T01:30:19","slug":"korean-maple-substitute-for-fullmoon-japanese-maple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2017\/04\/30\/korean-maple-substitute-for-fullmoon-japanese-maple\/","title":{"rendered":"Korean Maple Substitute For Fullmoon Japanese Maple"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Acer pseudosieboldianum \u2018Takeshimense\u2019<\/p><\/div>\n

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Fall color starting in mid-October<\/p><\/div>\n

At first sight Korean maple (Acer pseudosieboldianum<\/em>), aka Korean fullmoon maple, is very similar in appearance to fullmoon Japanese maples (A. japonicum<\/em> var. Acontifolium). If you live in a northern U.S. such as the upper Midwest, growing Japanese maples will likely become an unfulfilled wish.\u00a0Korean maple is a hardier\u00a0choice for\u00a0northern locales (USDA hardiness zones 4-8).<\/p>\n

Korean maple forms a lovely small multi-trunk tree or large shrub. It matures to 15-25 feet tall and 15-20 feet in spread. Foliage is similar to A. japonicum, <\/em>featuring 3- 5 inch diameter circular leaves edged by\u00a09-11 lobes. Summer leaves are a rich forest green that transitions in autumn to yellow, orange, scarlet, or red; fall leaf color is dependent on environmental factors in your area.<\/p>\n

Korean maple prefers a moist, organically rich, well-drained soil and in full sun to partial shade. In the mid-South (zones 6 and 7) the tree does best in\u00a0half-day sun. Its heat and drought tolerance across the deep South is\u00a0mostly untested; likely it might prefer\u00a0a dappled sun site. In colder latitudes, lay down a blanket of organic mulch around Thanksgiving\u00a0to protect the tree\u2019s root zone from temperature extremes.<\/p>\n

Pruning needs are occasional, mostly to develop plant\u00a0form and size. Korean maple has no serious insect or disease problems. On the disease side, stem canker, leaf spots, tar spot and anthracnose may occur. Watch for aphids, borers, scale, leafhoppers, caterpillars and mites.<\/p>\n

Cultivar:<\/strong> \u2018Ullung-do Island\u2019 (var.<\/em>\u00a0\u2018Takeshimense\u2019) grows 20 -25 feet tall and 15-18 feet wide. This selection tends to grow multi-branched. It originates from the Ullung-do Island in the sea of China.<\/p>\n

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At first sight Korean maple (Acer pseudosieboldianum), aka Korean fullmoon maple, is very similar in appearance to fullmoon Japanese maples (A. japonicum var. Acontifolium). If you live in a northern U.S. such as the upper Midwest, growing Japanese maples will likely become an unfulfilled wish.\u00a0Korean maple is a hardier\u00a0choice for\u00a0northern locales (USDA hardiness zones 4-8). […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,1124,1361,440,605,710,144,674,909,742,551,202,843,951,601,729,1076,630,705,646,7,113],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9615"}],"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=9615"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9633,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9615\/revisions\/9633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}