Acer Sango Kaku Japanese Maple

Japanese Maple Sango Kaku is an upright vase shaped tree that will mature 10feet in height. Its showy pink bark provides color to the landscape in the winter. The younger branches produce the most intense color. In the spring, new leaves emerge yellow-green with red margins and mature to light green by summer. The leaves turn yellow-gold in the fall. In Japanese, “sango” means sea coral and “kaku” means tower - a reference to the rising red coral from a reef. Plant this tree because of it attractive foliage three seasons of the year and its distinctive bark in the fourth season. It is effective in small groups along borders.