Shojo shidare Japanese Maple Tree

Many people know the weeping red dissectum Japanese maple "Crimson Queen" - it's the one you see in most garden centers - boring!

If you want something different, try Shojo shidare. It has deep maroon-red leaves that darkens as the new Spring foliage matures. There's a great 2-tone effect with green color down the center of the leaf lobe and sub-lobes.

Like it's sister Crimson Queen, it forms a cascading or weeping bushy tree that can get to 10 feet tall if grafted high and staked in its early years to accentuate the height. This is a little known tree that is beuatiful. Can be a little more tender - but worth it to dare to be different!

Ken Alston
Chief Plant-aholic
Commonwealth Plants, LLC