Bring dramatic seasonal color to your landscape with Acer palmatum ‘Red Baron’, a striking upright Japanese Maple prized for its rich burgundy spring foliage and vivid autumn display. This ornamental tree emerges in spring with deep red-purple leaves before transitioning into green tones highlighted with copper and orange overtones during summer.

As fall arrives, ‘Red Baron’ transforms into a spectacular blend of purple, red, and fiery autumn shades, creating a stunning focal point in the landscape. Its upright growth habit and ever-changing foliage color make it perfect for patios, foundation plantings, Japanese gardens, and ornamental landscape designs. You will receive a healthy plant similar in size and condition to the one shown in the listing photos.

You will receive:
✔️ 1 live Acer palmatum ‘Red Baron’ tree
✔️ Height: approximately 12–36 inches tall depending on season
✔️ Grown in #1 nursery container
✔️ Healthy, rooted Japanese Maple
✔️ Secure packaging for safe arrival

Growing Information

• Common Name: Red Baron Japanese Maple
• Botanical Name: Acer palmatum ‘Red Baron’
• Plant Type: Deciduous ornamental tree
• Growth Stage: Young container-grown tree
• Sun Requirements: Full sun to partial shade
• Soil: Moist, well-draining soil
• Watering: Moderate; keep soil evenly moist
• Mature Height: Approximately 8–12 feet
• Mature Width: 6–10 feet
• Growth Rate: Moderate
• USDA Zones: 5–9
• Container Friendly: Yes when young

Care Tip: In warmer climates, provide afternoon shade to help protect foliage from summer scorch and preserve vibrant color throughout the growing season. Mulching helps maintain cool roots and soil moisture.

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.