Acer palmatum 'Summer Gold' (P)

Common name: Japanese maple

Description: A small, slow-growing, upright maple with a neatly rounded crown. Leaves open pink in spring, become lime-green to yellow with a fine red edge through summer, then turn golden-yellow with orange and red tones 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: 1.8m x 1.8m

Position: partial shade

Soil pH: neutral to acid

Moisture: moist but well-drained

Winter hardiness: fully hardy to below -20°C