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Acer palmatum 'Peaches and Cream'
More About Acer palmatum 'Peaches and Cream'
- Compact deciduous shrub
- One of the more unique colour patterns found in Japanese maples
- Spring leaves emerge with beautiful pink, peach, and creamy-white colouration
- By summer, deep-green veins show up over creamy-green with traces of rose tinting
- Fall foliage turns soft green-gold, leading to yellows and oranges
Zone:
5Height:
3-4 mSpread:
3-3.50 mVariegated Japanese Maple Growing and Maintenance Tips
Best planted in a well-drained soil with high organic matter. Japanese maples are grown as specimen trees or multi-stemmed plants. Any pruning should be done in summer. Mulch well, but avoid heaping mulch against the stem. Most cultivars need full sun or light afternoon shade.
Acer palmatum 'Peaches and Cream' Characteristics
Full Sun
Partial Sun/Shade
Deer Resistant
Low Maintenance
Rock garden
Soil Moisture
Well-drainedMoist to Average
Growth Rate
SlowAttributes
Fall ColorFlowering Time
Early SpringHabit
CompactDwarf
Foliage Color
Multi-colouredLandscape uses
SpecimenSuitable Substitutions for Acer palmatum 'Peaches and Cream'
Acer palmatum 'Butterfly'
Butterfly Japanese Maple
