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Buy Acer japonicum 'Green Cascade'

Also Known As

Full Moon Maple
Green Cascade Japanese Maple
Weeping Cutleaf Full Moon Maple

Plant type

tree, shrub

size

H: 4'-6'
W: 6'-8'

planting zones

5a-9b

1 gallon | $42.8

Avail in US except West Coast, HI/AK

Fewer than 3 at Maples N More Nursery

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Acer japonicum 'Green Cascade' plant details

Acer japonicum 'Green Cascade' is a moderate-growing broadleaf deciduous shrub or tree with green foliage. Attracts beneficial insects and birds. Grows well with sun - dappled shade and even moisture - regular water. Does well in average, rich and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something humidity tolerant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Acer japonicum 'Green Cascade'

Plant type: shrub or tree
Plant family: sapindaceae
Foliage: deciduous green
Mature size: 6 FT - 8 FT - wide, 4 FT - 6 FT - tall
Uses: fall color, lacy leaves, small tree

GROWING CONDITIONS for Acer japonicum 'Green Cascade'

USDA Zones: 5a - 9b
Sun exposure: sun - dappled shade
Watering frequency: even moisture - regular
Resistant to: humidity
Soil needs: average, rich and well-drained

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Nursery contributed plant descriptions

Green Cascade Japanese Maple, with its lacy green leaves in the spring and summer, followed by bright red and yellow colors in the fall. It is a full and mounding Japanese maple that makes a great addition to your landscape. Green Cascade Japanese Maple is one of many cultivars in the japonicum family that will be a great addition to your landscape.

By: Maples N More Nursery

Unique and beautiful: this weeper (prostrate unless staked) has round, deeply-dissected foliage which turns yellow-orange-crimson in fall; an amazing sight cascading over a wall or stake for a small pendulous tree. S-PSh/M

By: Forestfarm

A popular, sturdy Full Moon maple, this selection has a refined, horizontal to weeping habit so it cascades down a bank or spreads gracefully. Has abundant burgundy flowers on rich green, highly dissected leaves which change to brilliant yellow, orange an

By: Conifer Kingdom

Is a selection Art Wright, Canby, OR found many years ago. We think he was a wizard because he could root magnolias and many other plants that no one else could. This is a weeping form of the fern leaf maple. Plants will get 3-4' tall x 6' wide. Deep green deeply divided leaves turn brilliant yellow, orange-red.

By: Gossler Farms

Best grown on a bank, so it can cascade down to form a green mantle. Leaves are a rich green, that transition to a bright yellow-orange and crimson in the fall. Growth Rate medium

By: Garden World

Rich green leaves with 9-11 lobes separated entirely to the leaf base. In fall colors range from yellow to orange to crimson. A selection by the late Art Wright in Canby, Oregon. Registered in 1973.

By: Bloom River Gardens

This unique selection has a weeping or pendulous habit, almost prostrate. The parent plant was grown on a raised site where it cascaded down a bank, forming a green mantle. Young plants should be staked to form a center stem from which the limbs can cascade. Spring color is light green turning to dark green for summer. In fall, Green Cascade puts on a stunning display of bright orange-red.

By: Maplestone Ornamentals

Acer japonicum 'Green Cascade' - Fullmoon Maple Spreading dissected form of Full moon maple with green leaves that are deeply dissected. fall colors are scarlet, orange and yellow. Tolerates full sun.

By: Kigi Nursery

Pendulous habit, big dissected leaves, great fall color - predominantly brilliant orange and red. Vigorous.

By: Heritage Seedlings

This is the equivalent of the dissected maples of Acer palmatum. Leaves are dissected and hang like lace on this unusual weeping tree. Needs some staking as a young tree to form a leader. The weeping effect is so strong it will sprawl across the ground otherwise. Like most Fullmoon maples A. Green Cascade' has excellent fall colors in yellow and red.

By: Fantastic Plants

The bold green dissected leaves of this green Japonicum make its green weeping palmatum cousins look weak. This is a winner. Zone 5.

By: Whitman Farms

Rich green finely cut leaves narrowly radiate from the petiole providing a very lacy effect. Fall colors are a brilliant range of red-orange yellow. 30-36" plants available for spring shipment.