GENERAL DESCRIPTION

• ORIGIN: Horticultural production.
• CLIMATE: It is resistant to -25 ° C.
• EXPOSURE: Partial shade to full sun, warm location, sheltered from dry winds.
• SOIL: Slightly acidic to slightly calcareous, well drained.
• GROWTH: Slow and steady.
• PATHOLOGY: Aphids, beetles which feed on the leaves, phytoplasmas which are bacteria at the origin of the formation of witches' brooms.
• MULTIPLICATION: By grafting.
• SIZE: Usually size is not necessary. But, this maple is easy to guide and cut to obtain the desired shape. Pruning is practiced at the end of the fall, possibly to remove dead wood.
• UTILIZATION: This dwarf tree is appreciated for its graphic qualities with a picturesque, stocky and well branched habit. It is well suited to the edge of flowerbeds, in rockeries or for growing in pots.
• NOTE: It is regularly seen in specialized nurserymen

GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY

• DIMENSIONS: Height 1 to 1.2m and width up to 1.5m.
• PORT: Small dwarf tree with graphic trunk and branches, often tortured with age. The crown, often wider than it is tall, forms a regular and dense oval sphere.
• BARK: Brown to greenish, smooth.

LEAF PHYSIOLOGY

• SHAPE: Small, opposite, simple, palmate leaves: 5 to 7 entire lobes, pointed, with finely toothed margin. They are 3 to 5cm long and wide. Elegant star leaves.
• COLOR: Intense green, shiny sometimes bordered with purple. On new shoots, they are yellow with a red border. Bronze to red in fall, with undertones of yellow and orange.
• BOURGEONS: Small red and pointed buds, they measure from 2 to 4mm.
• NOTE: Deciduous foliage.

FLOWER PHYSIOLOGY

• TIME: They appear at the same time as the leaves in March-April.
• SHAPE: Small 2cm corym with 10 to 15 flowers.
• COLOR: Red to crimson red.

FRUIT PHYSIOLOGY

• TIME: April-May.
• SHAPE: Winged bisamares forming an obtuse angle up to 180 °. The wingspan of the fruit easily reaches 3cm.
• COLOR: Green then red.
• SEEDS: Round to oval, pointed at the end, strongly ribbed shell, pink tinged with green. 6 to 8mm long.