Tamukeyama Cutleaf Japanese Maple Acer Palmatum Dissectum Tamukeyama
Tamukeyama cutleaf japanese maple acer palmatum dissectum tamukeyamaTamukeyama japanese maple is a fine choice for the yard but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor pots and containers.
Tamukeyama cutleaf japanese maple acer palmatum dissectum tamukeyama. Grown since the early 1700s tamukeyama japanese maple acer palmatum tamukeyama is a small cutleaf cultivar with moderately dissected seven to nine lobed leaves. Leaf color is reddish purple in spring and summer turning to crimson red in fall. General plant form is rounded to broad rounded often with low branching. It s ideal for growing in a small garden or even a container.
Acer palmatum dissectum tamukeyama cutleaf japanese maple is able to hold its burgundy color through hot humid summers and resist scorching better than most other red lace leaf cultivars. Considered by many horticulturists to be one of the best japanese maple varieties the tamukeyama even received the gold medal from the pennsylvania horticultural society. Deeply lobed foliage is a beautiful purple red throughout the summer and turns bright red in the fall. Dissectum tamukeyama sku 2909 a graceful mounding dwarf tree with waxy deep red bark and beautiful cascading branches.
This weeping red laceleaf japanese maple is a very old selection by kobayashi nursery of japan. Beyond being absolutely stunning the tamukeyama lace leaf is a compact and hardy variety that is extremely low maintenance. It is native to japan korea and china. Tamukeyama has been propagated for over 300 years and has stood the test of time.
Disssectum tamukeyama is a small slow growing japanese maple with delicate lacy burgundy red foliage small purple flowers and fantastic deep red autumn colour. Acer palmatum commonly called japanese maple is a deciduous shrub or small tree that typically grows to 10 25 infrequently to 40 tall. Because of its height it is often used as a thriller in the spiller thriller filler container combination. Each palmate green leaf 2 5 long has 5 to 7 but less frequently 9 toothed lobes.
Tamukeyama dec z6 bon a hardy cascading plant to 10 in 50 yrs whose finely dissected foliage opens deep crimson but changes to a drk purple red which color it holds well through the summer until autumn s scarlet appears psh med. Other common names japanese maple tamukeyama. Synonyms acer palmatum beni hagoromo acer palmatum tamukeyama. Plant it near the center of the pot surrounded by smaller plants and those that spill over the edges.
This cultivar also grows great in high heat areas and is very sun tolerant.