Bring glowing color and cheerful elegance to your landscape with this live Acer palmatum ‘Orange Dream’, a stunning Japanese Maple prized for its luminous golden foliage edged in bright orange-red tones. Originally introduced in Italy, this highly ornamental maple emerges in spring with vibrant yellow leaves outlined in fiery orange-red, creating a brilliant sunrise-like effect in the garden. Throughout the growing season, the foliage continues to shift through warm golden and orange hues before finishing with spectacular shades of orange and red in autumn.

‘Orange Dream’ develops into a graceful dense shrub-like tree that makes a perfect focal point for patios, collector gardens, Japanese-inspired landscapes, and shaded garden corners. Its bright foliage also pairs beautifully with darker maroon Japanese maples for dramatic contrast. You will receive a healthy live tree similar in size and condition to the one shown in the listing photos.

You will receive:

• 1 live Acer palmatum ‘Orange Dream’ tree
• Height: approximately 35–45 inches tall
• Originally grown in #3 container
• Healthy, rooted ornamental maple
• Bright golden foliage with orange-red edging
• Secure packaging for safe arrival

Growing Information

• Common Name: Orange Dream Japanese Maple
• Botanical Name: Acer palmatum ‘Orange Dream’
• Plant Type: Deciduous ornamental tree
• Growth Stage: Young grafted tree
• Sun Requirements: Morning sun with afternoon shade preferred
• Soil: Moist, rich, well-draining slightly acidic soil
• Watering: Moderate; maintain even moisture during establishment
• Mature Height: Approximately 10 feet in 15 years
• Growth Habit: Dense upright shrub-like form
• Growth Rate: Moderate
• USDA Zones: 5–9
• Spring Color: Golden yellow with orange-red edges
• Summer Color: Yellow-green to golden tones
• Fall Color: Bright orange and red
• Container Friendly: Yes, excellent for patios and decorative containers

Care Tip

Protect from harsh afternoon sun in warmer climates to preserve vibrant foliage color and prevent leaf scorch. Mulching around the base helps keep roots cool and moist.

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.