How to Prune Coral Bark Japanese Maple Trees | Sango Kaku & Sir Damon

Follow along with me as I prune and shape two Coral Bark Japanese Maple Trees. One is a Sango Kaku Acer palmatum and the second is a smaller Sir Damon Acer palmatum that I recently purchased.
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[@michellep9990]

Thanks for the fantastic video on pruning the acers. It was a bit hard to see the detail of the Sango Kaku pruning with all the green of the grass in the background, perhaps a dark background like the Sir Damon was perfect. Thank you once again.

[@JonnyMaple]

You're welcome and thanks for the suggestion.

[@sammysworld5485]

I’m afraid to prune my new young JM but this video gave he more confidence. TY!

[@gbuvb5021]

Thanks for the advice. New to Japanese Maples but love them already

[@Naztalgic]

Looking great!!! thanks for the masterclass :)

[@David-wc5wr]

Hey my dude love your channel I learn a lot from you .. I believe the correct pronunciation for sango kaku is "sang-gew, kackew" .. love the pruning vids its great to know what the plant is going to do in the long hall for sure

[@chretza]

Could you do close ups of what you are observing and what you are considering when you prune?

[@androphilic3801]

I enjoyed watching your videos , I recently bought my first maple tree from a local small private nursery, and also got another from Facebook Market, I do have a question though with the Sango Kaku I bought

[@mikec3820]

i like to follow the clip and grow bonsai pruning method. not just on my bonsai but on yard/garden trees and shrubs as well. its super easy. and alwsys looks great. what are you sanitizing your pruners with jonny? i use bleach and/or iso alcohol thanks jonny. nice coral barks. been wanting a arakawa "cork bark" (im sure i butchered the spelling lol)

[@razvanon]

do you have any follow up video on this particular tree ? Just curious how it does after that summer pruning.

[@waynewei3380]

I tried to use aluminium wire and bamboo stick to shape a sango kaku last winter, but it did not work out as expected. These branches seem to have died with the red bark turning dark, not sure what happened.

[@turkishdelight7083]

Lovely, healthy looking trees. Does the SK bark turn red/coral with age or is it a seasonal reaction?

[@JonnyMaple]

The Sango Kaku bark turns red in the fall/winter (into early spring) and fades to brown in summer. New growth is the brightest red.

[@turkishdelight7083]

@@JonnyMaple Thank you, I bought one recently but all the branches are green, I was worried I had mixed up the tags at the nursery.

[@stephaniebakker2209]

​@@JonnyMaple do older sango kaku trees that are say- very established and planted in the ground keep the red bark once they are many years old? or does the older bark remain brown even in autumn? Is it only new growth that is red ? Just curious to learn thankyou

[@lorenzomaiorfi5017]

Hallo, beautiful channel, could you setting up a translation in other languages, italian in my case ?

[@cartmanbruh23]

LOL WHICH home depot in America sells Japanese maples? Never seen a single one down here in South.

[@stan2000]

Might depend on your zone. Ours do in NC.

[@gbuvb5021]

Texas has them. NM as well.

[@Dailyvideodrop]

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