Scientific Name: Acer palmatum 'Shojo Nomura'
Common Name: Shojo Nomura maple
Family Name: Sapindaceae
Origin: Garden origin
Hardiness Zone: Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C)
Plant Type: Tree - deciduous
Mature Size: 3 - 5m x 2 - 3m (height x width)
Habit: Upright
Form: Oval - vertical
Texture: Medium
Landscape Uses: Fall interest, Small garden/space, Summer interest
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Lobed, Opposite, Soft flexible, Palmate venation, Glabrous, Orbicular, Pinnately lobed, Serrate
Flowers: Cyme, Red, Apr
Fruit: Samara, Schizocarp, Red, Jul-Aug
Key ID Features:
Small tree; leaves red, opposite, orbicular, about 6cm wide with 5 or 7 deeply incised lobes, marigins serrate. Winter ID: lateral buds opposite, red, curved towards stem, surrounded by hairs, 2-4mm long.