Acer palmatum Orange Dream

snap katarina, i have this lovely acer too

Kasia has it too :)

mine is possibly at its best now with new shoots all over, i love it.

Do you have it in container or planted in the soil?

mine is in the soil, technically it faces south, however we have so many trees [not ours] around the garden that it only gets a few hours sun.
its been in about 3 years??

Definitely acers need light shadow. As you have, probably.

oh yes!! plenty of that!!! also slightly acidic soil

I moved my 'Atropurpureum' to front garden - hope it will like it better there. Last year it lost all leaves due to cold winds.

A. Atropurpureum is lovely, but grows tooo slowly. I have one Aconitifolium in the next garden and it is lovely. It already starts to shape into its umbrella like crown, leaves shoots are very colourful and leaves beautiful. I like it very much, as it seems very independent self made man :)