Acer japonicum 'Ao jutan' Japanese Maple Winter Hazel Gifts to Commemorate a Birth

Gifts to Commemorate a Birth

'Garnet Tower' may reach 10-12 ft in height and width in 15 years

Found by Don W

The dark green needles turn a to brilliant golden yellow in the winter landscape

It may surprise you to find out that we enjoy ‘Sango kaku’ the most after the leaves had dropped

Acer japonicum 'Ao jutan' Japanese Maple Winter Hazel Gifts to Commemorate a BirthAcer japonicum 'Ao jutan' Weeping Full Moon Japanese Maple Zones 5 9 'Ao jutan' is the closest thing there is of the japonicums to a laceleaf cascading type. The leaf itself has lobes and sublobes that are reminiscent of your typical Acer palmatum dissectum but on a larger japonicum leaf. This helps distinguish this selection at young age from 'Green Cascade'. Its name 'Ao jutan' translates directly as "blue green weeper". As this selection matures,