Throughout the growing season, it exhibits excellent color retention. Flowers give way to winged samaras that ripen in early fall as the leaves begin to turn bright red.
A highly popular cultivar, prized for its dramatic crimson foliage, Acer 'Crimson Queen' begins to leaf out in feathery foliage early in spring, along with attractive, but insignificant, reddish flowers. Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden MeritĪcer 'Crimson Queen', a laceleaf Japanese maple, is a deciduous shrub or small tree offering spring through fall interest, with its cascading structure also lending some interest to winter landscapes.
