With its emerging bright green leaves, beautiful summer colour and upright growth habit Acer Shirasawanum Jordan provides a beautiful stand out colourful tree for any garden. For best results plant in acidic soil or ericaceous compost in full sun, will also tolerate light shaded areas. Height at maturity upto 3 metres.
Acer Shirasawanum Jordan: Full Moon Acer Jordan is a beautiful yellow leaves Acer. Foliage emerges bright green, changing to stunning bright yellow/green through the summer months with red seeds that push up above the leaves. Introduced by Fratelli Ghiradelli and named after his son, Acer Jordan provides a big splash of bright colour in the garden, it thrives in full sun, and is ideal for pots and borders It's a relatively quick growing upright tree.
Acer plants prefer Acid soil although this is not an absolute necessity it will help the plant reach its full potential. If you have unsuccessfully tried to grow Azalea, Rhododendron, Pieris, Camellias the chances are your soil has a high lime content. Soil can be improved by adding Ericaceous compost to the planting hole this will lower the lime content and raise acid. If pot planted best choice is John Innes Ericaceous Compost this is a specially formulated sterilised loam based, lime free compost with essential foods for plants such as Acer Palmatum. Also in the coldest areas it may be advisable wrap the pots in a winter fleece or bubble wrap during the coldest months, this will help protect the roots. Repotting in fresh compost should be considered every 2 years. Ensure an adequate water supply and feed approximately every 6-8 weeks from early spring through to mid-summer.