Snake-bark Maple

Acer capillipes

• Position: full sun or partial shade
• Soil: fertile, moist, well-drained
• Rate of growth: average
• Flowering period: April to May
• Flower colour: greenish-white
• Other features: attractive streaked bark
• Hardiness: fully hardy
  
  Beautiful, small deciduous tree with coral-red young shoots and green-brown bark marked with white lines. The tree has lovely spreading, arching branches with attractive bright green, three-lobed leaves that turn dramatic shades of orange and red in autumn. A great tree for a small garden where the streaked white bark can be fully appreciated.
  
  
• Garden care: Add a top-dressing of a multi-purpose fertiliser around the base of the plant in late spring. No routine pruning is required. Remove any dead, damaged or crossing branches in April when the plant is in full growth.
  
  

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