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How to Price Japanese Maples
How to Price Japanese Maples. Adding Japanese maples to your landscape will provide texture and color, but there are many varieties and leaf shapes to choose from. Before buying Japanese maples for your garden, however, you'll want to know where you would like to plant each tree and whether you'll want to plant it in a container. Use this...
Adding Japanese maples to your landscape will provide texture and color, but there are many varieties and leaf shapes to choose from. Before buying Japanese maples for your garden, however, you'll want to know where you would like to plant each tree and whether you'll want to plant it in a container. Use this information to help you discover the prices of Japanese maples that are right for your garden.
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The size of tree you want will dictate every other decision you make about your choice of Japanese maple. If you're looking for a tree that will provide shade in your garden as well as color, look for full-size mature specimens. On the other hand, if you have a small space and want to plant it in a container, choose a dwarf variety.
Full-size specimens, those older than five years, can begin at $125 for a 5-gallon container. Younger trees---one to two years old---in 1-gallon containers start at around $25 to $35.
Prices for dwarf varieties in 1-gallon containers range anywhere from $40 to $65. A two-year-old dwarf tree is between 18 inches and 24 inches high.
Japanese maples come in a variety of leaf colors and textures, and your choices will be limited depending on the size of tree you choose. There are solid leaves and lace leaves, and both add texture and focus to your garden. The lace-leaf maples can add an airy elegance to your landscape. Leaf color runs from green to shrimp color to deep burgundy, and there are even variegated varieties to choose from.
Color and leaf texture shouldn't affect pricing, as it's the age of the tree that determines cost.
Do some research on the Internet for pricing. A 4-foot Japanese Bloodgood maple, for example, can be as high as $85 as of September 2010, but careful research may get you a better price. Fall is the optimum time to plant Japanese maples, as this gives them time over the winter to settle in.
As a rule, the larger and more mature a tree you choose, the more expensive it will be. Don't choose a mature tree if you're experimenting and aren't sure if you'll like Japanese maples. Go for a dwarf variety first, which will be less expensive and less permanent.
