Beni hime green lace leaf Summer color is a medium

Summer color is a medium yellow green fading to fall colors of bright yellow and gold

Sunny Sister displays tones of lots of apricot and peach (“more so than Sunglow”) as the leaves emerge in spring

Vigorous without being leggy

USDA zone 7

Beni hime green lace leaf Summer color is a mediumBeni hime is a cheery dwarf maple that is among the smallest Acer palmatum dwarfs with red color. Beni hime is a slow grower, forming a small, bushy tree. In Japanese, Beni Hime translates to Red Dwarf. Spring growth is pale pink to rusty red, increasing in color intensity throughout the summer. Deep green spreads from lower branches mid summer, giving this plant a rainbow of colors. Most leaves are as small as a penny and clustered on short stalks.