Acer pseudoplatanus 'Brilliantissimum'

Common name: sycamore

Description: A small, slow-growing, round-headed sycamore prized for its spectacular spring display: new leaves emerge a vivid shrimp-pink, ageing through pale yellow to green as summer progresses. Small yellow flowers follow in late spring.

Other benefits: outstanding, unmissable spring colour, naturally neat compact habit, excellent specimen for a smaller garden

Wildlife attraction: bees

Height & spread (approx.) at 10 years: 3m x 3m

Position: full sun or partial shade

Soil pH: acid to alkaline

Moisture: moist but well-drained

Winter hardiness: fully hardy to below -25°C