Acer pentaphyllum - Five-lobed Maple flowering A small deciduous tree native

A small deciduous tree native to the Alborz Mountains in Iran and Azerbaijan and has one of the most beautiful autumn foliage displays

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

it is best grown in moist

though its yield is lower than that of the related cork oak

with variegation on the edge of the narrow leaves

Acer pentaphyllum - Five-lobed Maple flowering A small deciduous tree nativeOne 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