Bonsai Acer Palmatum

The delightful and delicate leaves can create the most breathtaking display of colour in autumn.
Bonsai acer palmatum. The bark of younger trees is normally green or reddish and turns light grey or grayish brown with age. In japanese acer palmatum maples are known as momiji. Completely frost hardy vigorous and very tough. Vertrees japanese maples it is also linguistically related to an ancient verb momizu which means becomes crimson leafed.
Momiji can be translated two ways one as baby s hands acting as a simile a little baby extends its hands which are like the leaves of momiji j d. In habit its canopy often takes on a dome like form especially when mature. It owes its botanical name to the hand shaped leaves with in most cases five pointed lobes palma is the latin word for the palm of hand. Acer palmatum is a deciduous shrub or small tree reaching heights of 6 to 10 m 20 to 33 ft rarely 16 metres 52 ft often growing as an understory plant in shady woodlands.
The japanese maple acer palmatum is originally from japan china and korea. The emerging leaf colour of deshojo is simply breathtaking and will fill your garden with a brilliant red glow acer palmatum is the classic japanese maple for bonsai cultivation. In cultivation it is seen everywhere as a garden plant and as bonsai. It has been grown in japan for more than 300 years.
It grows very slowly up to 27 feet has a domed canopy and because of that very suitable for growing in containers. Acer palmatum atropurpureum is a smaller tree or larger shrub which is very decorative because of the shape of its leaves and therefore a popular ornamental tree.