Acer pentaphyllum - Five-lobed Maple flowering though its yield is lower

though its yield is lower than that of the related cork oak

with variegation on the edge of the narrow leaves

Depending on the severity of the winters it might be cut back by frost

A small deciduous maple usually to 3 to 4m

Acer pentaphyllum - Five-lobed Maple flowering though its yield is lowerOne of the rarest maples in the wild known only from a very small and threatened population which was recently rediscovered following its introduction to cultivation in the 1930's from a scarce handful of seed. It is deciduous with deeply cut 5 lobed leaves that are very unmaple like. This delicate tree, nearly extinct in the wild and unsurprisingly it is listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN