Acer palmatum 'Jerre Schwartz' Dwarf Japanese Maple service-product Shaping and pruning when young

Shaping and pruning when young helps this cultivar live up to its potential as a wonderful garden specimen

‘Glowing Embers’ boasts an array of yellows

drought tolerant once established

In early spring the brick red leaves appear to be clumped on the long horizontal branches

Acer palmatum 'Jerre Schwartz' Dwarf Japanese Maple service-product Shaping and pruning when youngAcer palmatum Jerre Schwartz was introduced by Billy Schwartz, owner of Green Mansions Nursery in Pennsylvania. He named the unique cultivar for his mother Jerre. Acer palmatum Jerre Schwartz has interestingly sharp toothed and deeply divided small leaves emerge cherry red in early spring before quickly becoming darker and more maroon and then bronze before turning totally green for summer. New cheery colored growth in summer provides a cool contrast