Acer palmatum 'Scolopendriifolium Atropurpureum' | Bamboo-Leaf Japanese Maple - 100-150cm, 5lt Ligustrum deciduous fruit tree

deciduous fruit tree

dense crown

Clusters of elegant white star-shaped flowers appear in April

black ornamental berries in autumn and winter

but doesn’t’ like very exposed sites

Acer palmatum 'Scolopendriifolium Atropurpureum' | Bamboo-Leaf Japanese Maple - 100-150cm, 5lt Ligustrum deciduous fruit treeAcer 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,