Acer palmatum 'Katsura' (P) April Northamptonshire in the 1950s from

Northamptonshire in the 1950s from bulbs collected north of Rome by Robert Gathorne-Hardy

As a North African species it likes more heat and is more refined that the usual Acanthus

almost any soil that isn't waterlogged

Purple Trillium

Time to full growth: 20 to 50 years

Acer palmatum 'Katsura' (P) April Northamptonshire in the 1950s fromAbout this cultivar: Acer palmatum 'Katsura' (P) is a deciduous shrub of erect growth with 5 to 7 lobed leaves, yellowish orange margined with pink in spring, becoming green in summer and turning bright orange in autumn. This cultivar has the Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit (RHS AGM). The species, palmatum, has been cultivated in Japan for centuries and in temperate areas around the world since the 1800s. The first specimen of the