ACER palmatum 'BUTTERFLY'

Japanese maple 'Butterfly'

ACER palmatum 'BUTTERFLY'

Japanese maple 'Butterfly'

A slow growing Japanese maple with variegated pink and white cut leaves.

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Maintenance advice : At the end of winter, cut down any dead wood. Pruning, not always necessary, can be done moderately, at the end of summer/beginning of autumn.
Botanical/Horticultural origin : Horticultural origin : old variety from Japan, known since 1882
Use group : Sträucher
Height at 10 years : 3 m
Width at 10 years : 2 m
Growth : Slow
Fragrance : No
Exposure : Shade - Half shade
Evergreen/Deciduous : Deciduous
Shape : tree like
Colour of leaves : Variegated green white
Colour of flowers : Purplish red
Soil type : Garden soil
Uses : Free standing specimen

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Compact, dense and upright plant with flexible and drooping branches. An excellent plant for small gardens. Small finely cut leaves with 5 lobes, grey-green, edged with a greeny-white to pink colour, becoming red with yellow edges in autumn. The young branches are a frank pink colour in spring. Red flowers in March-April. Prefers a not too chalky soil, rich, cool and well drained. Distributed by Koichiro Wada (JP) in 1938. Probably known since before 1882 under the names 'Kocho Nishiki' and 'Kocho No Mai'.