Acer palmatum Red Emperor

• Size: Ht 4m  Wd 3m
  
•  Sunlight: Full sun-part shade
  
•  Temperature: Hardy
  
• Foliage: Deciduous
• Coastal tolerance: Not suitable
• other features: Our favorite upright maple. It has the best colour and form.
• Garden care:Protect from strong winds. Increase watering on on hot windy days to rteduce the effects of drying winds. Neatly remove any growth which is damaged or showing signs of die back. Fertilise with Texture Plants 12 month planting food once a year.

A beautiful maple with a neat, upright habit and large, glossy, 5 lobed leaves of intensely deep, wine-red colouring that turn to vivid orange, yellow and scarlet tones in autumn. Leaves hold on longer than other varities. Requires shelter from wind