Winter Flame japanese garden landscape landscape planting

landscape planting

Hardy and heat tolerant

Kiyohime is a hardy dwarf that grows low and bushy to about 5′ tall in the natural landscape

Coonara Pygmy will reach a max height of 5 feet tall x 5 feet wide in 10 years

It will form a small to medium-sized tree to about 15′

Winter Flame japanese garden landscape landscape plantingWinter Flame is an Acer palmatum cultivar that is a smaller, more compact version of the Coral Bark Maple (Sango kaku) . The palmate green leaves on Winter Flame take on a yellow, orange and then a fiery red with the bark a bright coral red in winter. Winter Flame seems to be a bit hardier than the Coral bark (less twig die back). 8 feet in ten years. Can handle sun but in hot areas provide afternoon shade. Cold hardy to 15F. Please see Beni kawa