Acer palmatum dissectum Tamukeyama

  J.Maple dissectum

                                        ID#56

 

Stonehenge

 
 

Additional Information: provided by Presicion TurfScape. (Mike Leeper)

 
  Stonehenge
 
HEIGHT X SPREAD: 6-8 ft x 8 -12 ft PLANT TYPE: deciduous, upright/ cascading tree GROWTH RATE: slow TEXTURE: fine LIGHT: Part shade. Will scorch in full sun. WATER: moist, well drain. SOIL: loomy well drain soil
As observed in Eastern NC. BLOOMS: April, reddish-purple, insignificant. Very small. FRUIT AND SEED: Flowers are followed by samaras that ripen in late summer to fall. KEY FEATURES: Fall color includes an often spectacular combination of shades of yellow, red, purple and bronze.
A year cycle in the life of ...... at Stonehenge Tree planted as a 4 ft. specimen. Animals(?- squirrels) ate the trunk bark during Deer & other creatures repellents are now in use year round. So far, so good.(6/2014) -Tree had spectacular color during fall.

‘Tamukeyama’ is a red-leaf, dissected (cutleaf/laceleaf) cultivar that grows in a mound or dome to 6-8’ tall spreading by weeping and cascading branching to 12’ wide. Deeply cut and dissected purple red leaves (to 4” long) that turn brighter red in fall. Foliage retains good color throughout the summer. Small reddish-purple flowers in spring are somewhat attractive on close inspection, but are not showy.

June 2014

June 2013

Sept. 2013