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This tree does well in Massachusetts, where we have relatively cold winters and acid soil. Reading the comments, I identify three proble...Read More
My next-door neighbor had a lovely Coral Bark Maple in her yard. I asked about it; she told me the name, that she found it easy to grow, ...Read More
This tree does well in Louisville KY in zone 6. My tree is about 8 feet tall and was transplanted from a 7 gallon container to the groun...Read More
I have had my Sango for about 4 years (z 6) and it's about 3.5 feet tall. I got it as a seedling. I love it. It has year round interest d...Read More
Lovely Japanese maple with different season's looks!! I live in zone 6 Toronto, Ontario and over winter in pot outdoor were just fine. ...Read More
A beautiful small vase-shaped tree that does well here in Boston Z6a. The young bark colors up vividly only in winter and early spring. <...Read More
I live in central Indiana, zone 5b/6. I purchased one of the coral bark maples to replace a tree lost earlier last year. I was very excit...Read More
A really beautiful tree. Mine is planted in an Eastern exposure and receives direct sun until shortly after lunch.
We pu...Read More
My little tree (about 5 ft) has been in my sandy-loam, nutritionally mulched and well-watered soil for 2 years now. It has lovely bark a...Read More
@ Oaklandguy, I bought a Sango Kaku in a 3 gallon container and it was a beautiful deep red with gorgeous green leaves. Sounds like he wa...Read More
Purchased a 15 gal one a couple of years ago. Love it. It really brightens up the yard in winter. Just watch out for leaf burn - prote...Read More
I am very happy with my Coral Bark Japanese Maple. It is growing very well. This is my second year having it and I love it!
Planted a small (~4.5 ft tall) one of these 5 years ago in partial shade (afternoon sun only) in recently (and deeply) tilled earth just ...Read More
I just saw a whole lot of these growing in the Getty Museum Gardens in Los Angeles. They were bare of leaves, shrubby vase-shaped and sp...Read More
I've had a small (originally 4' tall) Bloodgood Japanese Maple for two years here in Dallas and it has done very well even after a very h...Read More
I bought this plant from a nursery and they planted the first
in May 2009. It died. They replaced it in May 2010 and now
...Read More
We have had good luck with our coral bark in North Carolina. It started out in Winston-Salem, and we moved it with us to Raleigh. It move...Read More
This tree has done well since I planted it in full sun but mostly dry soil. It had grown to about 4 1/2 ft tall when a bear passing throu...Read More
Sango-kaku gets a bad rap at times. I have two of these trees and both are winners here.
I live in Oklahoma. I planted a coral bark Japanese maple last fall. It was beautiful. It never lost its leaves. This spring its golden l...Read More
Three years ago the 4 foot Coral Bark Maple caught our eye since everything looks so dead in the winter and the red bark brightened the g...Read More
here in NE NC, mine is only if full sun in the AM, then dappled shade the rest of the day. very acid-y soil from the pines and large mapl...Read More
Planted mine last spring and the leaves scorched a little in full sun in Powell Ohio in the summer despite lots of watering. The coral b...Read More
This is a really beautiful tree, but the jury is out on whether it is good for this area. We had two. One died in its second year for n...Read More
Sango kaku is a very 'twiggy' vase-shaped upright japanese maple which grows quite tall but in the right place and if you were lucky enou...Read More
I have had great luck with this plant. I have one in a partial shade location. The other is in full sun with a western exposure. There...Read More
I know it's a great tree perfect can't go wrong BLA BLA BLA ...My personal experience is it is a piece of JUNK for this area ...maybe in ...Read More
My mother has owned 2 of these in Willamina. The tree does really well until the deer find it. :( They have been absolutely beautiful in...Read More
This cultivar of Japanese maple 'Sango-kaku has very good coloration of the bark through the winter. In my area it has preformed very wel...Read More
I have planted my Sango Kaku about 10 years ago, it is about 10 feet tall and looks great.
It grows in acid or alkaline soils but colors better on acid soil.
I purchased my Coral Bark from a Japanese nursery in Washington then flew back to Tuscaloosa, Alabama (U.S.) with it and six other plants...Read More
There are newer varieties of Coral Bark Japanese Maples, but this is still one of the best. Often available at a good price in local nurs...Read More