Tags: #purple #deciduous #shrub #wildlife plant #purple leaves #slow growing #moths #samaras #red leaves #bonsai #yellow leaves #tsc #fall interest #understory tree #dappled shade #cpp #bronze leaves #deer resistant #nighttime garden #children's garden #red fruits #playground plant #self-seeding #pollinator plant #larval host plant #deciduous tree #bird friendly #moth larvae #tsc-t #woodland garden #imperial moth #mccarthy memorial garden #landscape plant sleuths course 'Ben Komachii', 'Bloodgood', 'Burgundy Lace' - grafted plant, 'Crimson Queen', 'dissectum atropurpureum', Garnet, 'Gwens Rose Delight', 'Higasayama' - grafted plant (pink leaf margins), 'Jordan', 'Kagiri Nishiki', 'Kiyohime', 'Koto no ito', 'Mikawa Yatsubusa', 'Mizuho Beni', 'Moonfire' - grafted plant, 'Novum' - grafted plant, 'Orange Dream', 'Orangeola', 'Osakazuki', 'Oto hime', 'Redleaf', 'Ryusen', 'Sango Kaku' - grafted plant (coral twigs), 'Seiryu', 'Shaiana', Sharp’s Pygmy, 'Trompenburg', 'Twombly Red Sentinel', var. Slow growing dense form, truly dwarf maple. 'Sango Kaku' - grafted plant (coral twigs)

'Higasayama' - grafted plant (pink leaf margins).

Graceful small weeping tree with red deeply cut leaves Profile Video: See this plant in the following landscapes: Rock & Water Garden Shade Garden Sitting Wall Flowers Galore Patio Room Bonsai Garden Relaxed Foundation Planting Water Feature Water Koi Pond Juniper Level Botanic Gardens: Front Shade Garden Rock and Crevice Garden Water Koi Pond Mountain Ridge Top Garden - North Lawn and Upper Drive Border Woodland Backyard Garden Walk Michael McCarthy Memorial Garden, All Saints Episcopal, Concord Floricyle Shaded Patio Garden Small shade garden Water Garden Shaded Slope Asian Garden- Zen Garden Collector’s Garden Cultivars / Varieties: VIDEO Created by Elisabeth Meyer for ' Trees, Shrubs and Conifers' a plant identification course offered in partnership with Longwood Gardens. The Mid-Atlantic Pest Council lists it as invasive in VA and DC. It self-seeds easily so can spread and become weedy in the landscape. Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: Aphids, scale, maple worms, leafrollers, and leafhoppers are occasional pests. Anthracnose, leaf scorch, and frost damage, especially from late frosts, can occur.

Small, green buds hidden by petiole base terminal bud often doubledįor weeping varieties, see Acer palmatum 'dissectum.'.

Slender green to red twigs often glaucous bloom.

Serrated leaves with five to nine lobes.

Use it as a woodland understory tree or as an accent or specimen tree along a walkway in an Asian or children’s garden. This tree is mildly resistant to damage by deer. They may suffer leaf scorch with excess sun, wind, or drought. Most cultivars are grafted and can be grown as a single or multi-stemmed small tree. Young leaves of this species are sensitive to frost and are not drought tolerant.

This is a prized specimen tree and one of the more versatile maple species for landscape use. Color varies from green during summer to yellow, bronze, purple, and red in fall (color varies with cultivar). Leaves are 2 to 5 inches, opposite, and simple with five to nine lobes. Plant in dappled shade and evenly moist, well-drained soil, protecting it from drying winds. Growth is slow to moderate, and the tree assumes a layered look with a low, dense, rounded top and spreading branches. Acer is Latin for sharp and palmatum means shaped like a hand, referring to the leaves. Weeping as well as upright varieties exist, and the species is well noted for its beautiful deep red and orange summer color that deepens into the fall.

The Japanese maple is a short tree in the Sapindaceae (soapberry) family, native to southeast Korea and central and south Japan, and noted for having many aesthetically pleasing forms.

Phonetic Spelling AY-ser pahl-MAY-tum Description

Japanese purple tree