ACER PALMATUM "SUMMER GOLD"


This new cultivar is characterised by its particular yellow leaf colour that changes with the progression of the spring season. At first it is of a light shade then brightens up to become yellow-gold in late summer. Of the yellow leafed cultivars it is the most resistant to direct sunlight and heat.
The leaves are palmate in form with seven clearly distinct lobes and slightly serrated margins.
The new growth is of an orange shade, made even more apparent by the contrast with the brownish colour of the wood of apical branches and with the yellow of the more mature leaves. The habit is first erect and then more open; for this reason it does not reach a great height.
Zone 6 (Europe 7);Minimum temperature -15°C to -20°C.








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