Flowering TreesJapanese Maple (Bloodgood)
Acer palmatum
Japanese Maple (Bloodgood) (Acer palmatum) is a slow-growing flowering tree, hardy in USDA zones 5-8, that matures to about 10-25 ft × 10-25 ft. It does best in full sun and part shade with medium water needs in well-drained and moist soil. Expect yellow, purple and red blooms in spring. It attracts moths, pollinators and songbirds, stands up well to deer and drought.
- USDA zones
- 5-8
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 10-25 ft × 10-25 ft
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist
- Foliage
- Yellow, Green, Purple
- Bloom color
- Yellow, Purple, Red
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Attracts
- Moths, Pollinators, Songbirds
- Tough against
- Deer, Drought
- Watch out for
- Weedy
- Native to
- Korea, Japan
In the landscape
Data sources
Freeze survival
Will it survive your winters?
Hardiness zones show a normal bad winter. We check the worst one — Japanese Maple (Bloodgood) is hardy to about -20°F (estimated from USDA zone 5), so we'll score it against the real coldest nights your area has actually had.
Powered by ~35 years of daily lows from the nearest NOAA weather station. A risk read, not a guarantee — a sheltered spot or mature plant beats the odds.
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