Mikazuki Japanese Maple bonsai Brilliant red fall color

Brilliant red fall color

Fall leaf colors turn to oranges and reds

Tsukasa Silhouette is an extremely upright variety of palmatum

“ara” means “rough” and “kawa” means “bark” or “river”

Mikazuki Japanese Maple bonsai Brilliant red fall colorAcer palmatum Mikazuki is a wonderful colorful, rather bushy upright Japanese maple having medium sized narrow lobed leaves with lovely pink blush over white with green reticulation. The color holds well through summer. Mikazuki means crescent moon in Japanese, and you can sometimes see it listed under Crescent Moon maple. This variety prefers sun partial shade in well drained soil. Considered a mid sized maple, Mikazuki will grow to about 8 feet tall