BOTANICAL NAME Acer palmatum
PRONUNCIATION AY - ser pal - MAY - tum
COMMON NAME Japanese Maple
FAMILY Aceraceae
CLASSIFICATION Tree
ARRANGEMENT Opposite
COMPOSITION Simple
MARGIN Serrated
VEINS Palmate
LEAF Length 2” - 4” Width 2” - 5”
PLANT Deciduous Height 3’ - 20’ Width 10’ - 15’ Upright/spreading
TEXTURE Fine Medium
FLOWER Summer (May - June) Small cluster; purple
FRUIT Fall 1/2” samara
EXPOSURE Part shade
GROWTH Slow
USE Specimen
DESCRIPTION Leaves are 5 - 9 lobed depending on variety Sinuses reach more than half way to middle Doubly serrated
DESCRIPTION Color of foliage green to red Buds - small buds on end of stem - matched pair
DESCRIPTION ‘Burgandy Lace’ ‘Bloodgood’ ‘Oshio - Beni’ ‘Dissectum Autropurpureum’ ‘Palmatum’ ‘Crimson Queen’
CULTURAL PRACTICES
PROBLEMS
ZONES 6 - 8
NATIVE OF: Japan
REFERENCES Manual of Woody Landscape Plants Guide to Garden Shrubs and Trees
REFERENCES Carolina Landscape Plants Japanese Maples
REFERENCES Landscape Plants; Their Identification, Culture, and Use