Acer Palmatum "Aka Shigitatsu Sawa"

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Other Names: Samurai

Description:

Unusual cream summer leaf with rich green veins on a compact plant, amazing fall color; Japanese maples are the most coveted of all small landscape trees, and with good reason - it has almost the perfect shape, habit, and fall colors

Ornamental Features:

Aka Shigitatsu Sawa Japanese Maple has attractive deciduous creamy white foliage with green veinsand tinges of rose which emerges creamy white in spring. The small lobed palm-shaped leaves are ornamentally significant and turn an outstanding red in the fall. It features dainty corymbs of red flowers hanging below the branches in mid spring. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.

Landscape Attributes:

Aka Shigitatsu Sawa Japanese Maple is a dense deciduous dwarf tree with a more or less rounded form. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other landscape plants with less refined foliage.

This is a relatively low maintenance dwarf tree, and should only be pruned in summer after the leaves have fully developed, as it may 'bleed' sap if pruned in late winter or early spring. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Aka Shigitatsu Sawa Japanese Maple is ideal for use as a garden accent or patio feature, and is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Accent
• Mass Planting
• Hedges/Screening
• General Garden Use
• Container Planting

Plant Characteristics:

Aka Shigitatsu Sawa Japanese Maple will grow to be about 8 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 8 feet. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 2 feet from the ground. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 50 years or more.

This dwarf tree does best in full sun to partial shade. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is particular about its soil conditions, with a strong preference for rich, neutral soils. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution, and will benefit from being planted in a relatively sheltered location. Consider applying a thick mulch around the root zone in winter to protect it in exposed locations or colder zones.

This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.

* This is a "special order" plant - contact store for details