| Scientific Name: | Acer palmatum Dissectum Atropurpureum Group |
| Common Name: | dissected red Japanese maple |
| Family Name: | Sapindaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin, S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 2 - 3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching |
| Form: | Weeping |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Container planting, Fall interest, Small garden/space, Specimen plant, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Dissected, Compound, Opposite, Soft flexible, Palmate venation, Glabrous, Linear, Orbicular, Incised, Pinnately lobed |
| Flowers: | Cyme, Red, Apr |
| Fruit: | Samara, Schizocarp, Red, Jul-Aug |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Slow-growing shrub, broadly arching; leaves opposite, blades orbicular, about 10cm wide, lobes with very deep sinuses or palmately compound, most with 7 linear and incised-lobed leaflets, deep purple, turning bright red or orange in fall. Winter ID: low, weeping form, buds ovoid, have light brown hairs on a papery sheath that extends halfway up. | |