It is an excellent addition to any garden
slightly cascading habit and long bamboo-like foliage
dark green leaves are reddish-bronze when young
It is short-lived and needs frequent division
May become chlorotic on shallow chalky soils
Acer palmatum 'Scolopendriifolium Atropurpureum' | Bamboo-Leaf Japanese Maple - 40-60cm, 5lt Young It is an excellent additionAcer palmatum 'Scolopendriifolium Atropurpureum' is a small, slow growing deciduous shrub or small tree with upright, spreading, slightly cascading habit and long bamboo like foliage. Thin, palmate, deeply divided, ferny, lobed leaves, on dark purple stems, are light green in spring, darker green in summer, and yellow in autumn. Corymbs of red flowers emerge in mid spring, before the leaves. It grows best in moist, but well drained soil of any type,