Beginner Gardening: room for a small japanese maple?, 1 by toofewanimals

toofewanimals wrote:
I have what I believe is a Garnet Japanese Maple in a protected area by my house. The tag did not have a name, just threadleaf Japanese Maple. It said it would get to 8 x 8 ft when fully grown. We have had it for approx 15 years now. I do keep it pruned to 5 ft wide since that is all the space we have for it. It is about 6ft tall now.

This picture was taken in 2004, it keeps trying to grow over my sidewalk. The Rose of sharon is now gone and the tree is much happier without it. It is very easy to keep trimmed to any size you like. I like mine with about 12 inches clearance on the bottom ... i like the weeping look and my cat loves to hide under the tree in the shade. Many people in the neighborhood trim theirs a lot more.