St. John's, NL (Zone 5b) | February 2005 | positive
A gardening friend of mine grows this selection in St. John's, Newfoundland so I have personal experience with it. It belongs to the Am...Read Moreoenum Group, but does tend towards the more deeply cut leaves of a Palmatum. The spring foliage is more orange-red than the typical purple-red of the many 'red-leaved' selections. Summer foliage may develop a green cast to the reddish-purple, but the fall colour is very bright red indeed. It forms a broad-headed small tree 6-8 m tall (my friend's is now about 3 m after 8 years).
A gardening friend of mine grows this selection in St. John's, Newfoundland so I have personal experience with it. It belongs to the Am...Read More