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Today I went to look at Japanese maples at a nursery. Lots of various sizes in pots. If I choose to purchase one I would get a small one because it is more feasible cost wise. Ive learned it will need years to grow and for the trunk to mature. After all that explanation, should I plant it in the ground and let it mature for years as to leaving in the pot till next spring. (I asked the guy at the nursery if it could handle the cold and he said yes. I don't trust his advice one bit because he said this type of maple I was looking at needed full sun. From what I've read it likes sun but needs some protection from the heat of the day) I have a spot in my yard where it would get sun from morning until about 3 when it would then be shadowed by the house this is also where the wind hits the least also..

Japanese maples hate midday sun I bought some 8 last year planted them in the ground and they are barely surviving with scorched leaves.
I would keep it in the pot, give it some winter protection and plant it in the spring when the buds start to swell.
And I would plant it in the shade where it gets just a bit of late afternoon sunlight.
3 maples that I got a year earlier are in the shade all day by the concrete fence and they are thriving.

My maples in full ground get all-day sun, and do not seem to have a problem. I guess it depends a lot on the local climate, moisture in the air and soil, wind etc

True. Mine were just 20cm saplings sold in supermarket, there might have been weak and that might be the reason why they are sensitive to sun too. How old are yours LB?

Kri?tof wrote: I would keep it in the pot, give it some winter protection and plant it in the spring when the buds start to swell.

You actually do this kind of work on jap. maples after the buds have popped and extended slightly, but not hardened. Weird, right?

Kristof, what do u call winter protection?
Scandinavian spelling of your name. I'm all Swedish by heritage. Just a useless fact thrown in there.

Here is where I am considering. This planting area gets dappled sun pretty much all day and maybe 2 hrs of straight sun in the evening. The birch has grown like a weed there. It is on the east side of the property.