Acer palmatum 'Golden Falls' Weeping Dwarf Japanese Maple

The Unique Acer palmatum 'Golden Falls' is a Weeping Dwarf Japanese Maple with Small, Broad Leaves with Bright Yellow Color

Acer palmatum ‘Golden Falls’ is a yellow version of the popular weeping Japanese maple, ‘Ryusei’. Acer palmatum ‘Golden Falls’ is a weeping dwarf Japanese maple with some of the most pendulous growing branches of any Japanese maple in existence. 'Golden Falls' grows straight down with a dramatic weeping growth habit. With this extreme growth habit 'Golden Falls' won't achieve much height at all without staking. The natural growth of 'Golden Falls' will create a mounding ground cover on its own. 'Golden Falls' is generally staked up to a certain height then allowed to fall to the ground making a beautiful flowing waterfall like affect.

The most unusual thing about 'Golden Falls' aside from its golden yellow foliage is that it has this extreme weeping growth habit but is the leaves are fully palmate instead of the traditionally lacy leaves of most weeping Japanese maples. The leaves of 'Golden Falls' are golden yellow with orange trim and very attractively star shaped. Most cascading varieties have dissected leaves which makes 'Golden Falls' one of the most unique varieties of weeping dwarf Japanese maples there is. ‘Golden falls’ has very attractive yellow leaves trimmed with orange in the spring that turn to chartreuse in the summer before turning orange to bright red in the fall.

Acer palmatum 'Golden Falls' is a fantastic growing dwarf Japanese maple that will grow best in partial sun in basically all climates. 'Golden Falls' should grow perfectly well in zones 5 through 9. 'Golden Falls' is a very fast grower and can be trained to achieve many different interesting shapes.

What is the 10 Year Size of Acer palmatum 'Golden Falls'?

Height: 2-4 feet Width: 4-6 feet

What is the Spring Color of Acer palmatum 'Golden Falls'?

Yellow with orange trim

What is the Summer Color of Acer palmatum 'Golden Falls'?

Yellow-Green

What is the Fall Color of Acer palmatum 'Golden Falls'?

Red

What is the Leaf Shape of Acer palmatum 'Golden Falls'?

Small Broad Leaf

What is the Sun Tolerance of Acer palmatum 'Golden Falls'?

Partial Sun

What Growing Zones are suitable for Acer palmatum 'Golden Falls'?

Zones 5-9

What is the Shape of Acer palmatum 'Golden Falls'?

Weeping Japanese Maple

What is the Growth Rate of Acer palmatum 'Golden Falls'?

Fast Growing Dwarf Japanese Maple

How should Acer palmatum 'Golden Falls' be planted?

Elevated in Well Drained Soil