Acer palmatum Akegarasu

‘Akegarasu’ is an old cultivar from Japan with deep purple-red leaves.  If grown in shade, ‘Akegarasu’ will turn a little green.  Leaves will become bronze-red in summer.  This hardy cultivar will make a great contrast tree in any landscape and will grow to 10 feet in ten years.  Its name means “the crows at dawn.”