Japanese maples are in fact Japanese in origin, occurring naturally in Korea and China as well.
The low, mounded shape of the tree, along with its attractive color varieties and leaf varieties,
have made it enormously popular throughout the world. Numerous cultivars are available in
addition to this one.
Identification: These small trees do not exceed 6½′ (2 m) in
height or width.
Because they grow slowly, they often appear as rounded shrubs.
Leaves have 5-9 lobes, and in this cultivar, the lobes purple and very thin, as thin as grass blades.
Flowers are small, red or purple.