Bring extraordinary four-season beauty to your landscape with this live Acer ‘Red Dawn’, a stunning hybrid Full Moon Japanese Maple prized for its vibrant spring foliage, elegant rounded form, and brilliant crimson autumn display. Originally grown in a #3 container and carefully packaged for safe shipping, this highly ornamental maple inherits unique upward-facing samaras from its Acer shirasawanum parentage, giving it additional collector appeal.

In spring, rounded leaves emerge in breathtaking shades of red and soft lavender before developing subtle emerald overlays as the season progresses, creating a beautiful layered two-tone effect. As autumn arrives, ‘Red Dawn’ ignites into glowing crimson-red foliage that transforms the landscape into a spectacular focal point. With its graceful rounded canopy and moderate mature size, this maple is perfect for patios, Japanese gardens, ornamental landscapes, and collector plantings.

You will receive:
✔️ 1 live Acer ‘Red Dawn’ Japanese Maple
✔️ Height: approximately 25–30 inches tall
✔️ Originally grown in #3 container
✔️ Healthy, rooted ornamental maple
✔️ Rare Full Moon hybrid variety
✔️ Secure packaging for safe arrival

Growing Information

• Common Name: Red Dawn Japanese Maple
• Botanical Name: Acer ‘Red Dawn’
• Plant Type: Deciduous ornamental tree
• Growth Stage: Young grafted tree
• Sun Requirements: Full sun to partial shade
• Soil: Moist, well-draining slightly acidic soil
• Watering: Moderate; maintain even moisture during establishment
• Mature Height: Approximately 10–12 feet in 15 years
• Mature Width: Approximately 10–12 feet
• Growth Rate: Moderate
• USDA Zones: 5–9
• Spring Color: Red to soft lavender
• Summer Color: Green with red overtones
• Fall Color: Brilliant crimson red
• Container Friendly: Yes, excellent for patios and ornamental containers

Care Tip

Provide afternoon shade in hotter climates to preserve delicate spring foliage coloration. Mulching helps maintain consistent soil moisture and supports healthy root development.

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.