Acer palmatum ‘Moonfire’ – Japanese Maple – Maple –

Description

Acer palmatum – Japanese Maple – Maple – Rounded headed, deciduous tree from China, Korea and Japan and grows 25’ feet tall and 30’ feet wide. It produces rounded. Shallowly to deeply 5 to 9 lobed, mid green leaves, 2-5” long, which turn orange to yellow or red in autumn. It bears tiny, purple-red flower, produced in small, pendent corymbs, are followed by red winged fruit in late summer

‘Moonfire’ – This slow growing compact shrub grows to 12’ feet and has 7 lobed wine red leaves turning purple in summer with flushes of red. Has poor autumn color.