{"id":18388,"date":"2017-06-04T10:16:53","date_gmt":"2017-06-04T09:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=18388"},"modified":"2017-06-04T10:16:53","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T09:16:53","slug":"red-acer-shrubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/trees-and-shrubs\/red-acer-shrubs\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Acer Shrubs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18390 \" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/000_0292-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"568\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/000_0292-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/000_0292-1-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/000_0292-1-768x521.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Problems with Red Acers<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Red leafed plants contain less\u00c2\u00a0Chlorophyll, the green pigment that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s instrumental in photosynthesis. These shrubs have less substance in the leaf which can be thin and papery.<\/li>\n<li>The leaves are prone to wind damage and will turn brown on the edges quite easily. This wind burn or desiccation is unsightly and can be quite damaging.<\/li>\n<li>Thin twigs without leaves are dead and need to be pruned out<\/li>\n<li>Acers grow extremely slowly.<\/li>\n<li>Some Acers have young green leaves that change over time and only turn\u00c2\u00a0deep reddish-purple in summer and\u00c2\u00a0scarlet in autumn.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Environment for Acers<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Acers are hardy but avoid windy areas and frost pockets. Shelter from late frosts.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"clr\">Acers prefer sheltered, sunny or partial shade.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Some varieties of Japanese maples are OK in a large plant pot.<\/li>\n<li>Soil needs to be neutral or slightly acidic.<\/li>\n<li>Grow in moist but well-drained soil.<\/li>\n<li>Keep away from bright sunlight.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Red Acer Varieties<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Lower growing palmatum cultivars work well in mixed plantings<\/li>\n<li>Red Pygmy grow best in moist but well-drained soil, away from bright sunlight<\/li>\n<li>Amagi shigure is also called Purple Passion.<\/li>\n<li>Try\u00c2\u00a0 Acer Palmatum Katura or Acer Palmatum Little Princess<\/li>\n<li>Acer Palmatum Shishi-gashira is a small red\u00c2\u00a0 Japanese maple.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18392 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_2706-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_2706-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_2706-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_2706-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Problems with Red Acers Red leafed plants contain less\u00c2\u00a0Chlorophyll, the green pigment that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s instrumental in photosynthesis. These shrubs have less substance in the leaf which can be thin and papery. The leaves are prone to wind damage and will turn brown on the edges quite easily. This wind burn or desiccation is unsightly and can be quite damaging. Thin twigs without leaves are dead and need to be pruned out Acers grow extremely slowly. Some Acers have young green leaves&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/trees-and-shrubs\/red-acer-shrubs\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trees-and-shrubs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18388\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}