Life Span
Perennial
Perennial
Type
Tree
Bulb or Corm or Tuber
Origin
Eastern Asia
Europe, Russia/Siberia, Northern Africa, Western Asia
Types
Ever red , Crimson queen
buttercup
Number of Varieties
61
0
40000
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Habitat
Shady Edge
meadows, Shady Edge, Woodland Garden Dappled Shade
USDA Hardiness Zone
5-8-9999
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
8-2
8-1
Sunset Zone
A3, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
21,22
Habit
Arching/Fountain-shaped
Clump-Forming
Plant Size
Minimum Height
300.00 cm5.10 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
300.00 cm10.20 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Red
White, Yellow, Red, Green
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
Bicolor
Fruit Color
Red, Green
-
Leaf Color in Spring
Light Green, Lime Green
-
Leaf Color in Summer
Green, Lime Green
Light Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Orange, Gold, Orange Red
Several shades of Green
Leaf Color in Winter
-
Light Green
Shape
Leaf Shape
Maple shaped
Heart-shaped
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Spring
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade
Partial Sun, Partial shade
Growth Rate
Slow
Fast
Type of Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Loam, Sand
The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Drainage
Average
Well drained
Bloom Time
Early Spring, Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer
-
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought
Drought
Where to Plant?
Ground
Container, Ground
How to Plant?
Transplanting
Divison, reseeds
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Requires regular watering
Average Water Needs
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Acidic, Neutral
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Type
Clay, Loam, Sand
Loam, Sand
Soil Drainage Capacity
Average
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade
Partial Sun, Partial shade
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
Red blotch
Red blotch
Plant Tolerance
Drought
Drought
Flowers
Insignificant
Showy
Flower Petal Number
Single
-
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Fine
-
Foliage Sheen
Matte
-
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Beetles
Ants, Insects
Allergy
-
-
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Beautification, Bonsai, Landscape Designing, Showy Purposes
Showy Purposes
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
-
Antirheumatic, Astringent, Vitamin C
Part of Plant Used
-
Leaves, Root
Other Uses
-
Cleanser
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Container, Feature Plant, Hedges, Mixed Border, Topiary / Bonsai / Espalier
Mixed Border, Wildflower
Botanical Name
ACER palmatum 'Omurayama'
Ranunculus ficaria
Common Name
Japanese Maple, Weeping Japanese Maple
Figwort, Lesser Celandine
In Hindi
Weeping Maple
Lesser Celandine
In German
Weeping Maple
Scharbockskraut
In French
Maple pleureur
Ficaire
In Spanish
weeping maple
celidonia menor
In Greek
weeping maple
Lesser Celandine
In Portuguese
chorando de bordo
Lesser Celandine
In Polish
płacz klonu
Ziarnopłon wiosenny
In Latin
weeping maple
Pavasara mazpurenīte
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Angiosperms
Magnoliophyta
Class
Eudicotyledones
Magnoliopsida
Order
Sapindales
Ranunculales
Family
Aceraceae
Ranunculaceae
Genus
Acer
Ficaria
Clade
-
Angiosperms, Eudicots
Tribe
-
-
Subfamily
-
-
Number of Species
1301
1
27800
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