Acer palmatum 'Summer Gold' Japanese Maple
Acer palmatum 'Summer Gold'
Golden Yellow - Heat Tolerant Japanese Maple
Zones 5-9
'Summer Gold' leafs out as bright chartreuse to yellow green with a red border. The leaf on 'Summer Gold' brightens to gold as the summer progresses providing a dynamic contrast with both red and green maples. This may be one the most heat tolerant selections of the golden leaf types as this maple does not show any burn when grown in full sun in the mountains of North Carolina.
Fall color is a deep bright orange to fiery red. This Italian selection by Ghiradelli Nursery is a summer delight in the garden. 'Summer Gold' will reach 6-8 ft in 10 years making it the perfect mid-sized golden tree for your garden or landscape.
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Limited Quantities Available !! As we have over a thousand cultivars of Japanese maples, we often do not have many of each cultivar. We recommend that you buy the Japanese maples you want immediately as we often sell out of certain selections.
When I received my Summer Gold I was amazed of the size a 1 gallon would be!!! It was packed well along with my Looking glass falls!!!! I’m in zone 7b and it’s in full sun with only little leaf burn. I’m think it will not be once it gets established it should be fine!!! I am currently airing for a red lion heads to plant next to it!!!!
This little one gallon has a beautiful leaf and stem color. This is the fourth dwarf Acer specimen I’ve purchased and all have been outstanding. While small now, I can tell Summer Gold is really going to pop in my yard in a few years… Going to be Amazing!
My first time ordering from Mr Maple - I ordered 4 trees, they are all great but this is the most stunning one by far! Tim wasn’t kidding about Summer Gold geez. I am so blown away by its beauty!! :)
First time buyer. Just received my summer gold today. Anxiously waited for its delivery to New York State. It was like waiting for a new baby. I opened the box and inside was a perfect little tree. It was still damp no wilting and just absolutely beautiful!! I will definitely being ordering more. Thank You for picking me a great specimen!
Summer gold is a beautiful eye catcher in the garden. My pictures don’t do the sunlit gold justice. I didn’t think I would ever want anything other than red leaf Japanese maples, but Mr. Maple has such a vast selection of varieties that I am branching out. (Tim finally convinced me.😀) EXCELLENT plants and EXCELLENT customer service.
