Acer carpinifolium Cottage the habit widens with age

the habit widens with age

pollination Group D

reaching perhaps to 20 meters at maturity and most recognisable by its deep rose-red (rather than the traditional white) cone-shaped flowers

but does not tolerate paving

Acer carpinifolium Cottage the habit widens with ageOriginally from Japan and introduced in 1879, this curious maple resembles a hornbeam, but the opposite leaves and winged fruits (samaras) reveal otherwise. Upright when young, the habit widens with age, becoming beautifully fan shaped. The tapered oval leaves mid green in summer, turning gold and brown in autumn. Great on all well drained soils. H6