Acer Palmatum Okagami is also written and pronounced "O Kagami".
The Adult Acer Palmatum Okagami is a small stand up Japanese Maple tree, an adult tree can reach 4 meters in height with a spread of 4 meters, it is not very densly branched but the long horizontal branches support lovely clusters of leaves. Ours in the picture and video is between 2 and 3 meters tall with a 2 to 3 meter width and it is only 7 to 10 years old.
The Japanese Maple, Acer Palmatum Okagami is native of Japan and is part of the Sapindaceae family. more info The Acer Palmatum Okagami has wonderful snake skin style bark, it is fawn brown in colour with lovely vertical veins of light to lime green emerging throughout the trunk. It has long thin branches which are a deep purple in colouration, which support dense clusters of palmate leaves, they sway in a gentle breeze.
The Acer Palmatum Okagami has large leaves, approximately 10 cm by 10 cm, which are of medium cut of 7 lobes.
In the spring the leaves start a deep blood red colour with a slightly darker coloured vein supported by the deep purple branches. The leaves slowly changes in the late September / October where the leaves turn a stunning bright red and a few will go orange.
Planting in full sun or partial sun is preferable and if you do not want it to shoot up keep it in its pot and then you can use it as a patio tree.
The Acer Palmatum Okagami is a great addition to any Japanese garden, patio or courtyard.
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