General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 7b
Plant Height: 16-20 feet (slow-growing)
Plant Spread: 16-20 feet
Leaves: Good fall color
Unusual foliage color
Deciduous
Other: Best foliage color occurs with part afternoon shade. Leaves may scorch in full sun. Plants prefer cool summer conditions. It also grows as a multi-stemmed shrub. Round leaves with 9-13 shallow lobes turn gold to orange to red in fall.
Fruit: Showy
Flower Color: Other: Reddish-purple
Flower Time: Spring
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM
Other: 2008 Great Plant Picks Award Winner

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Common names
  • Golden Full Moon Maple
  • Shirasawa Maple
  • Japanese Maple
  • Maple
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Acer shirasawanum
  • Synonym: Acer shirasawanum f. aureum

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Location: Western Washington
Location: Iowa
Date: 2012-04-25
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2023-05-03
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2016-05-16
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2018-06-01
Location: At a local nursery
Date: 2012-04-20
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2020-04-21
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2018-04-21
Location: At a local nursery 
Date: 2024-04-11
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2019-06-30
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2011-05-30

Date: c. 1911
illustration from the 1911 catalog, Yokohoma Nursery, Japan
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2020-06-27
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2016-05-04
leaf buds
Location: At a local nursery
Date: 2020-05-20
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-06-12
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-05-10
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2017-08-13
Location: At a local nursery
Date: 2012-04-20
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2018-06-01
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2017-08-20
Location: West Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-06-07

Photo courtesy of Singing Tree Gardens Nursery
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo courtesy of Singing Tree Gardens Nursery
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-06-12

Date: 2019-05-08
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2013-04-17
spring leaves
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2013-04-17
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