| Scientific Name: | Acer palmatum Atropurpureum Group |
| Common Name: | red-leaf Japanese maple |
| Family Name: | Sapindaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin, S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 5 - 7m x 7 - 10m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Fall interest, Specimen plant, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Opposite, Soft flexible, Palmate venation, Glabrous, Ovate, Double serrate |
| Flowers: | Cyme, Dark-red, Apr |
| Fruit: | Samara, Schizocarp, Dark-red, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Stems new growth purple; leaves opposite, most blades orbicular, 4-10cm wide, palmately veined with 5-7 serrate lobes, simple, red-purple (some cvs. turn dark green in full sun by mid-summer). Winter ID: buds, ovoid, have light brown hairs on a papery sheath that extends halfway up. | |