Acer pentaphyllum - Five-lobed Maple flowering up to 30cm long that

up to 30cm long that turn a nice yellow bronze in autumn

Depending on the severity of the winters it might be cut back by frost

A small deciduous maple usually to 3 to 4m

A small multistemmed pine with the most extraordinary bark that is smooth and peels off the trunk like that of a Platanus sp

with variegation on the edge of the narrow leaves

Acer pentaphyllum - Five-lobed Maple flowering up to 30cm long thatOne of the rarest maples in the wild known only from a very small and threatened population which was recently rediscovered following its introduction to cultivation in the 1930's from a scarce handful of seed. It is deciduous with deeply cut 5 lobed leaves that are very unmaple like. This delicate tree, nearly extinct in the wild and unsurprisingly it is listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN