Seiun Kaku
Dwarf (Mikawa-like, more vigorous)In stock at 3 nurseries Last updated Oct 16, 15:32 UTC
Traits
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- Growth habit
- Tightly layering, shingled; more vigorous than 'Mikawa yatsubusa' (Mr Maple)
- Upright, flat-topped (Mendocino Maples Nursery)
- Size (10 yr)
- 6-8 ft in 10 years (Maplestone Ornamentals)
- 8-10 ft in 15 years in the ground (Mr Maple)
- 8 ft in 10 years (Jen's Farm)
- 8 ft landscape height (Essence of the Tree)
- Small tree to about 10 ft (Mendocino Maples Nursery)
- Growth rate
- unverified
- Spring leaf
- Chartreuse green (Mr Maple)
- Pale green and yellow with bright red stems (Essence of the Tree)
- Summer leaf
- Darker green (Mr Maple)
- Fall color
- Bright fiery red (Mr Maple)
- Hardiness zone
- Sun
- Sun to part sun (Maplestone Ornamentals)
- Notes
- Name means 'blue-green palace in the clouds'; Kansai selection, introduced 1974 (Mr Maple)