Acer palmatum 'Sawa chidori' Japanese Maple Containers Each flower has a spot

Each flower has a spot of red-purple in the throat

Pale green on emergence changing to a medium green through the summer and golden yellow for the fall

Each tiny leaf emerges outragous hot pink

Vigorous in the first year of growth then slowing to perhaps 3" per year

Acer palmatum 'Sawa chidori' Japanese Maple Containers Each flower has a spotA lovely variegated tree, ranging from bright to pastel pink and white in spring with contrasting green veins and bright pink petioles. Changing to yellow and green in the summer with bright red in the fall. Leaves are deeply divided with sharply pointed lobes that twist as the season progresses. Wide spreading open form, best with protection from afternoon sun. Attributes Leaf Shape Deeply divided Growth Habit Spreading Landscape Height 8 ft.