Acer pentaphyllum - Five-lobed Maple flowering with variegation on the edge

with variegation on the edge of the narrow leaves

Best grown in full sun to part shade

rough bark

A large deciduous tree from the mid western United States of America where it is found in open forests

Acer pentaphyllum - Five-lobed Maple flowering with variegation on the edgeOne of the rarest maples in the wild known only from a very small and threatened population which was recently rediscovered following its introduction to cultivation in the 1930's from a scarce handful of seed. It is deciduous with deeply cut 5 lobed leaves that are very unmaple like. This delicate tree, nearly extinct in the wild and unsurprisingly it is listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN