ATTRACTIVE FOLIAGE WITH RICH DARK RED COLORING IN SUMMER TURNS BRILLIANT SCARLET IN FALL. INTERESTING BLACKISH-RED BARK. AIRY FORM WELL SUITED FOR USE AS A SMALL LAWN TREE. LEAF BUDS TO OPEN LATER IN SPRING, AVOIDING
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OF LATE FROSTS AND ALLOWING THE TREE TO THRIVE IN COLDER CLIMATES THAN MOST JAPANESE MAPLES. DECIDUOUS. FILTERED SUN. MORE VIGOROUS GROWER THAN OTHERS TO 15 FEET TALL AND WIDE.