Acer Atropurpureum Plant

Japanese maples (Acer palmatum) are small, deciduous trees grown for their graceful habit, autumn colour and beautiful foliage which may be coloured or deeply dissected. Many acers grow extremely slowly and are perfect in a smaller garden, grown in large containers.

'Atropurpureum' is a small, bushy, rounded, deciduous tree with deeply lobed, red-purple leaves turning bright red in autumn and inconspicuous red-purple flowers in spring, sometimes followed by winged, purple fruit.