Acer campestre 'Pulverulentum'
Family - Sapindaceae
Category - Tree
Year of Introduction - 1859
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H6
Height - 4m-5m
Location - The Pond Garden
Description: A small Deciduous tree with an oval crown and spreading branches. Palmately lobed leaves, generally with three to five lobes, are dark green and heavily speckled with white. Inconspicuous green flowers in clusters are produced in late spring. The foliage turns an attractive shade of butter yellow in autumn before falling.
Flower:
Small, inconspicuous green flowers are held in corymbose clusters and are produced in May.
Flower colour: Green
Flower shape: Small flowers in corymbose clusters
Flowering time: May
Foliage:
Palmately lobed leaves with three to five rounded to oval lobes have irregularly toothed margins. The leaves are dark green and heavily speckled with white. The leaves are held in opposite pairs along the branches and turn yellow in autumn before falling.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Palmately lobed
Autumn Colour: Yellow
Propagation:
Grafting.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun to partial shade in fertile, moisture-retentive, but well-drained soil.