Acer palmatum 'Koto-No-Ito' (P)

Common name: Japanese maple

Description: An unusual, slow-growing Japanese maple with trailing, thread-like bright green leaves made up of long, narrow, strap-shaped lobes that move gracefully in the lightest breeze. The delicate foliage turns orange-yellow in autumn.

Other benefits: unique fine-textured foliage, slow growing and ideal for containers, good talking-point specimen

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

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

Soil pH: acid to neutral

Moisture: moist but well-drained

Winter hardiness: fully hardy to below -20°C