Acer palmatum ‘Crimson Queen’

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 in the US and introduced in 1965
Supplier:	Purchased from Roman Way Garden Centre, Stony Stratford, Milton Keynes.
Characteristics:	Crimson Queen’ is a popular cultivar noted for its excellent leaf colour retention throughout the growing season. Small reddish flowers in spring give way to samaras which ripen in late summer to early fall. As with many maples, the flowers are rather attractive close up, but are not particularly showy from a distance. This specimen is half standard version of this cultivar.