Regardless of whether you grow a Japanese maple (Acer palmatum) with an upright or weeping habit, its colorful fall foliage ...

helping to give your tree the typical umbrella-like and well-spaced branches typical of Japanese maples. Outside of the tips above, the needs of weeping Japanese maples diverge a bit from uprights.

Weeping varieties like the burgundy ... save heavy pruning of your Japanese maple bonsai tree for late fall or winter. “You could probably do it a couple times a year, maybe the beginning ...