Acer palmatum 'Red Pygmy'

Acer palmatum 'Red Pygmy'

Red Strapleaf Japanese Maple

Zones 5-9

Acer palmatum 'Red Pygmy' is a red linearilobum (Long, narrow, strap-like lobes which are very deeply divided almost to the leaf base) selection. 'Red Pygmy' has a more broad spreading habit than most of the other red Strapleafs, forming a flat top as it ages. 'Red Pygmy' will reach 8-10 ft tall and wide in 15 years. 'Red Pygmy' performs in sun amazingly, so much that it has been awarded the Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit. For the best color plant 'Red Pygmy' in an area that provides protection from the hot afternoon sun. If planted in the full sun, 'Red Pygmy' may turn bronze green during the hotter parts of the summer. In the fall color the leaves of 'Red Pygmy' will turn a bright scarlet red. 

• HARDINESS:  zones 5-9
• EXPOSURE:  part shade to sun
• SIZE:  15' x 15' (maybe larger in time)
• SHIPPING SIZE:  1/2 gallon pot.