Acer micranthum David Geiger shrubby forms of the related

shrubby forms of the related Distylium myricoides that have lately become popular

the petals splashed with irregular white

and pair with hellebores

a living watercolor for the woodland floor

among the largest fruit in the whole genus

Acer micranthum David Geiger shrubby forms of the relatedAmong the snakebark maples, Acer micranthum ranks with the most delicate, a small, sometimes shrubby tree from the mountains of Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku, where the Japanese know the plant as the Komine maple. The species has no settled English name, and that quiet anonymity suits a tree grown for refinement rather than show. James Harris, in The Gardener's Guide to Growing Maples, calls this "a very elegant maple with attractive autumn tints," and