Acer palmatum

Common name: Japanese maple

Type:: Tree
USDA hardiness zones:: 5-8

This Japanese maple cultivar (dissected type) is a dwarf, mounded, deciduous tree or multi-stemmed shrub with cascading branching and weeping habit. Typically grows 6-10' tall. Features finely cut, palmate (7-9 lobes), green, dissected leaves (2-4\ long) which turn yellow to red in fall. Small reddish flowers in spring give way to greenish samaras which ripen in late summer to early fall. As with many maples, the flowers are rather attractive close up, but are not particularly showy from a distance."

Full sun to part shade
Medium
Low

Easily grown in average, medium moisture soil in full sun to part shade. Prefers lightly dappled shade. Leaves may scorch in full sun in hot southern summers. Plant in a location protected from strong winds. Stake trunk for more erect growth or leave alone for full cascading effect.