Acer palmatum 'Scolopendriifolium Atropurpureum' | Bamboo-Leaf Japanese Maple - 40-60cm, 5lt Young and in rock and gravel

and in rock and gravel gardens

but should be protected from strong winds

good as a specimen plant

except too wet and heavy soils

dark green leaves are reddish-bronze when young

Acer palmatum 'Scolopendriifolium Atropurpureum' | Bamboo-Leaf Japanese Maple - 40-60cm, 5lt Young and in rock and gravelAcer 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,