Scientific Name: Acer palmatum 'Tsuma Beni'
Common Name: red nail maple
Family Name: Sapindaceae
Origin: Garden origin
Hardiness Zone: Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C)
Plant Type: Tree - deciduous
Mature Size: 2 - 3m x 3 - 4m (height x width)
Habit: Upright
Form: Vase
Texture: Medium
Landscape Uses: Fall interest, Small garden/space, Specimen plant, Summer interest
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Lobed, Opposite, Soft flexible, Palmate venation, Glabrous, Obovate, Orbicular, Serrate
Flowers: Cyme, Yellow, Red, Apr
Fruit: Samara, Schizocarp, Pink, Red, Jul-Aug
Key ID Features:
Leaves oppoisite, palmate venation, obovate-orbicular, most 6-10cm wide with 7 broad green lobes with acuminate red-tips, base truncate-cordate. Winter ID: buds, ovoid, have light brown hairs on a papery sheath that extends halfway up.