Acer palmatum 'Scolopendriifolium Atropurpureum' | Bamboo-Leaf Japanese Maple - 40-60cm, 5lt Young It is an excellent addition

It is an excellent addition to any garden

good as a specimen plant

highly ornamental

May become chlorotic on shallow chalky soils

slightly cascading habit and long bamboo-like foliage

Acer palmatum 'Scolopendriifolium Atropurpureum' | Bamboo-Leaf Japanese Maple - 40-60cm, 5lt Young It is an excellent additionAcer palmatum 'Scolopendriifolium Atropurpureum' is a small, slow growing deciduous shrub or small tree with upright, spreading, slightly cascading habit and long bamboo like foliage. Thin, palmate, deeply divided, ferny, lobed leaves, on dark purple stems, are light green in spring, darker green in summer, and yellow in autumn. Corymbs of red flowers emerge in mid spring, before the leaves. It grows best in moist, but well drained soil of any type,