#535 (AD2) JAPANESE MAPLE
Acer palmatum ‘Going Green’
Planted: 2023
This specimen is on the west side of the East Walk.
| Distribution: | Acer palmatum is native to Korea, Japan, China, eastern Mongolia, and southeast Russia. This cultivar was raised by Van Son & Koot in the Netherlands and introduced in 2013. (‘Sonkootgre’ PBR) |
| Supplied by: | Purchased from Roman Way Garden Centre, Stony Stratford, Milton Keynes. |
| Characteristics: | A small, rounded, bushy tree growing slowly to about 5m tall with luminous green stems. Leaves have seven long, pointed lobes, opening lime green in spring, maturing to bright green, then turning orange and red in autumn. Inconspicuous hanging clusters of small, green flowers are followed by red-flushed, winged seeds |