Acer Palmatum ‘Tamukeyama’

New Color for Each Season.

This tree has been known to live for a century or more! ‘Tamukeyama’ is an elegant and strong red-leaf Maple, cultivated in its native Japan for nearly 300 years. Beloved and well-tended specimens have been known to live for a century, so this delightful tree represents a landscape legacy that generations will enjoy.

A member of the Dissectum group, it features not only leaves that change shades with the seasons, but maroon bark (brushed with white) on its young branches. Lacy, finely-dissected leaves have 7 to 9 lobes, and mature from crimson in spring to purple in summer and finally to brilliant scarlet in fall. Even in the heat and humidity of an American summer, they will not burn! Growing 8 to 10 feet tall and cascading to 12 to 15 feet wide, the rounded habit forms an elegant silhouette. ‘Tamukeyama’ is ideal as a specimen, a foundation choice for a large building, or even a container plant.

Zones 5-8.