Acer Palmatum Bloodgood Japanese Maple

With its spectacular red foliage, Acer Palmatum Bloodgood (Bloodgood Japanese Maple) is often grown as a specimen tree, adding colour, shape and texture to most any landscape setting, large or small.

Acer Palmatum Bloodgood is a deciduous Japanese Maple tree. Bloodgood is a popular choice for residential gardens because of its compact size. Although mature Acers can reach heights of 20 feet, Acer Palmatum Bloodgoods tend to be slow growers and relatively compact, which makes them also suitable for smaller gardens. In general, its average height is 5 metres with a  maximum spread of 5 metres.

This acer bloodgood tree has deeply cut dark red / purple leaves. New leaves emerge bright red in spring. In mid-Summer, the leaves will darkened somewhat to more burgundy, almost deep purple, compared to the first fiery red of Spring. Bloodgood will then keep this red for most of the summer, eventually turning bright red in the autumn. 

Acer Palmatum Bloodgood produces attractive red-winged ‘helicopter’ seed pods in mid-summer.

In terms of growth habit, the Acer Bloodgood develops on multiple branches which gives a strong sculptural element to the shape of the tree - it can look lovely when used for night time illumination of the garden.

Acer Palmatum Bloodgood is hardy but prefers partial shade and will give the best foliage colour when grown in dappled shade. Back-fill with soil mixed with peat substitute and a suitable fertiliser.

Looking for a mature Acer Bloodgood Tree? 
Our mature specimen Acer Bloodgood Trees are showcased on our Unique Acer trees section. This page features the exact tree you will buy so you can choose the best tree for your location, many of the featured Acer trees are up to 50 years old.
Paramount Plants has a wide selection of different varieties of Japanese Acers
View our Blog Post on Japanese Acer Trees

Bloodgood has an Award of Garden Merit by the Royal Horticultural Society, a sure sign that it will perform well in most gardens