Acer Palmatum - Red Pygmy
An excellent dwarf maple from the linearlobum group. Red Pigmy has thin, strap-like leaves with excellent red color. The plant is slow growing and dwarf to 1.2m in ten years, and will grow as wide as it grows tall. Red Pigmy was discovered in an Italian garden and introduced by a Dutch nursery in 1969, but it is only finding its way into American gardens recently. Awards: Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. Award of Merit at Boskoop.
Anticipated height
1.5 Mtrs
Hardiness:
Hardy to -15C
Location:
Will have the best colour in shade
Growth speed:
slow