Acer tataricum subsp. aidzuense SEEDS

Acer tataricum subsp. aidzuense seeds grow into the Aizu maple a Japanese subspecies of the Tatarian maple, native to the temperate biome from Sakhalin south through Hokkaido and Honshu in Japan. The name aidzuense refers to the Aizu region of Fukushima Prefecture in north-eastern Honshu where the type specimens were collected. Unlike the deeply lobed leaves of most Japanese maples, this subspecies of the wide-ranging Tatarian maple bears comparatively simple, shallowly three-lobed or unlobed ovate leaves with toothed margins, giving it a very different character. In autumn the leaves turn exceptionally brilliant orange-red one of the finest autumn-colour performances of the Tatarian maple group. Family Sapindaceae.

Full sun to partial shade; adaptable to a range of soils; cold-hardy. A compact, adaptable maple with outstanding autumn colour rarely seen in Western collections.

• Simple to shallowly lobed ovate leaves very different from typical Japanese maples
• Exceptionally brilliant orange-red autumn colour outstanding in the Tatarian maple group
• Sakhalin to Japan temperate biome; ‘aidzuense’ = from the Aizu region, Fukushima
• Compact, adaptable, cold-hardy; rare in Western collections
• Full sun to partial shade; adaptable to varied soils

Acer tataricum subsp. aidzuense is a collector’s Japanese maple offering a rare combination of simple, elegant foliage and spectacular autumn colour from the cool forests of Sakhalin and northern Japan a compact and cold-hardy tree that deserves far wider cultivation.

IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.