Acer circinatum 'Monroe', Cutleaf Vine Maple wet 3-pointed spidery flowers

3-pointed spidery flowers

this very local (though from higher elevation) native has blue-green

Spring brings the most striking variegation on its fresh new leaves

Always a wonder when in fruit

to form a colony of lush

Acer circinatum 'Monroe', Cutleaf Vine Maple wet 3-pointed spidery flowersHighly dissected leaves on this lush and mounding, delicate and lacy small tree turn red and gold in fall. Upright when young but with age develops strong horizontal branches. No one would guess it to be a native vine maple. Named for Warner Monroe, who discovered the special seedling growing in the Willamette National Forest. Lucky us! Mature size: 15 ft T x W Minimum temperature: 20 F