Acer palmatum 'Shaina'
Common name:
Shaina Japanese Maple
Pronunciation:
A-ser pal-MAY-tum
Family:
Sapindaceae, Aceraceae
Genus:
Synonyms:
A. p. var. atropurpureum ‘Shaina’
Type:
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon:
No
- Deciduous shrub or very small tree, dwarf, to about 6 ft (~2 m) tall, upright, dense. Leaves simple, opposite, deeply divided, at first bright red than dark maroon-red.
- Sun to part shade, well-drained soil
- Hardy to USDA Zone 6 Found and named by William Schwartz, Green Mansions Nursery, Pennsylvania in the late 1960s, A mutant of A. palmatum var. atropurpureum (van Gelderen and van Geldern, 1999). Some say it was a sport of ‘Bloodgood’
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