Osakazuki Japanese Maple Bonsai

Award winning acer palmatum osakazuki is a large deciduous shrub or small rounded tree with large 7 lobed serrated bright green leaves turning brilliant orange scarlet to crimson red in fall.

Osakazuki japanese maple bonsai. The delicate foliage holds its color for several weeks before shedding to the ground. You will find a pruning scar near the top of the tree where a larger branch was removed but it is healing nicely. Acer palmatum commonly called japanese maple is a deciduous shrub or small tree that typically grows to 10 25 infrequently to 40 tall. Osakazuki has large leaves that seem to give the tree an air of orderliness.

It is one of the oldest cultivars having been listed in catalogs since the mid 1800 s. This tree is very nice with a good shape and plenty of branches to work with. Acer palmatum osakazuki. Osakazuki has large green palmate leaves which turn fiery crimson red in autumn.

Osakazuki is a very famous cultivar known for its intense crimson color. General plant form is rounded to broad rounded often with low branching. All japanese maples have good fall colors but the experts claim that osakazuki has the greatest vigor and most intense color of all of the japanese maples. Each palmate green leaf 2 5 long has 5 or 7 but less frequently 9 pointed toothed lobes.

Upright growing to 25 feet. As the leaves fall they expose the graceful outlines of the bark and twigs adding interest in the winter landscape. Osakazuki is a hardy acer palmatum which is known for its brilliant fall colors. Acer palmatum osakazuki sku 1834 an excellent small specimen tree with gracefully branched stems and lovely deeply lobed bright green leaves that emerge olive orange in spring and turn a brilliant crimson red in the fall holding the color for several weeks.