Acer palmatum 'Shindeshojo' ~ Shindeshojo Japanese Maple Size:1 GALLON IMAGES: Forest & Kim Starr

IMAGES: Forest & Kim Starr

Fragrant clusters of honeysuckle-like brilliant orange flowers with extended red stamen and bases often blushed with red blooms in spring

dark purple skin

Red Pygmy Dogwood is a slow-growing dwarf native deciduous tree with a rounded habit noted for its distinctive rose red brackets with white nodes at the tips

(2) Lars Plougmann

Acer palmatum 'Shindeshojo' ~ Shindeshojo Japanese Maple Size:1 GALLON IMAGES: Forest & Kim StarrShindeshojo Japanese Maple is a dwarf deciduous tree with a well branched rounded crown. Small palmate green leaves emerge a bright pink to cherry red that holds for a month before greening, then turns brilliant orange to scarlet in fall. Small non showy umbels in mid spring are followed by samaras. Grows best in rich, moist, slightly acidic well drained soils. Prefers full sun in cooler climates, or afternoon shade in southern areas. Type: Tree