Acer palmatum 'Deshojo' (P)

Common name: Japanese maple

Description: One of the very best Japanese maples for spring colour, with new leaves emerging a brilliant, glowing scarlet-red that lights up the garden. The colour softens to green through summer, before the tree puts on a second fiery display of red in autumn.

Other benefits: fine seasonal colour, excellent specimen or focal-point plant, good for borders and large containers

Height & spread (approx.) at 10 years: 2m x 1.5m

Position: partial shade for best leaf colour; full sun tolerated with reliably moist soil

Soil pH: neutral to acid

Moisture: moist but well-drained

Winter hardiness: fully hardy to below -20°C