Acer palmatum 'Katja' Japanese Maple Colors_Pink With all of its wonderful

With all of its wonderful attributes ‘Emperor 1’ makes a perfect choice for a mid-sized upright red Japanese maple

We recommend planting this selection in full sun to light shade with good drainage

while also thriving and doing great in sunny spots in the garden

but you can google "Japanese clethra bark" and find many photos

This selection was found by Dave Verkade as a chance seedling and named after a nickname for his daughter

Acer palmatum 'Katja' Japanese Maple Colors_Pink With all of its wonderfulAcer palmatum 'Katja' Katja Japanese Maple Zones 5 9 Katja' is a gorgoeous Japanse maple that leafs out with a beautiful purple red color in the early spring, maturing to a purple red border on a green leaf by late spring. The leafs stalks are bright red making a great three tone contrast. Secondary flushes of growth in the summer are purple red. In the fall, this Japanese maple turns a bright orange. 'Katja' is fairly vigorous maturing to around 12