Plant: Mikawa Yatsubusa - Japanese Maple
Japanese Maple · Acer palmatum 'Mikawa yatsubusa'
Size: 7 gal
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More about this plant
Mikawa yatsubusa is a true dwarf Japanese maple, dense and multi stemmed, reaching only about 4 to 6 feet tall and 4 feet wide. Its palmate, lobed and serrate leaves are 3 to 6 inches across, densely packed along short internodes, green through summer and turning gold, orange and red burgundy in fall on green to light brown stems. It grows slowly in full sun or partial shade in a moist, well drained soil of clay, loam or sand rich in organic matter, in an acid to neutral range, and tolerates heat. Its size makes it a container, small space and patio specimen. Watch for insect damage and for leaf scorch from wind or drought.
- Part Shade
- Grows to 6 ft tall and 4 ft wide
- Blooms in spring
- Hardy in USDA zones 5-9
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
Mikawa yatsubusa is a true dwarf Japanese maple, dense and multi stemmed, reaching only about 4 to 6 feet tall and 4 feet wide. Its palmate, lobed and serrate leaves are 3 to 6 inches across, densely packed along short internodes, green through summer and turning gold, orange and red burgundy in fall on green to light brown stems. It grows slowly in full sun or partial shade in a moist, well drained soil of clay, loam or sand rich in organic matter, in an acid to neutral range, and tolerates heat. Its size makes it a container, small space and patio specimen. Watch for insect damage and for leaf scorch from wind or drought.
- Flowers
- Small red to purple flowers appear in spring; attractive viewed closely but insignificant from a distance.
- Foliage
- Densely packed, overlapping palmate leaves 3 to 6 inches across, green in summer and turning gold, orange and red burgundy in fall.
- Fruit
- A schizocarp of two samaras with incurved wings forming an arch, becoming reddish in fall.
- Bark & stems
- Young stems vary from green to polished reddish brown; older branches assume a gray cast.
- Light
- Morning Sun, Dappled/Filtered Light
- Native range
- Japan, China, Korea, eastern Mongolia and southeastern Russia
