Acer palmatum
Family: sapindaceae
Common name(s): lion's head maple
Hardiness ratings: USDA zone 5~6 - 7~9 
General resources
- Wikipedia. Online encyclopedia entry (if defined).
- Google images. Web search for photographs.
- GRIN. Taxonomical details, with common names, distribution, and synonyms.
- The Plant List. Taxonomical lookup
Links for Acer palmatum
- All Things Plants - Community-assembled plant profile (73 varieties in database)
 (10 photos)
- BBC Gardening - Plant profile with horticultural details and garden uses. (1 photo). Also pages for 'Atropurpureum', 'Bloodgood', 'Butterfly', 'Deshojo', 'Garnet', 'Osakazuki', 'Red Pygmy', 'Scolopendrifolium', 'Shishigashira', and Dissectum Atropurpureum Group.
- Carolina Nature - Illustrated woody plant profile, with notes on range and identification. (4 photos)
- Dave's Garden PlantFiles - Profile page with horticultural basics, and member-contributed photos and comments. (zone 6-9) (15 photos)
- Floridata - Illustrated informative profile page with notes on culture, usage, and noteworthy features. (zone 6-8) (5 photos)
- Missouri Botanical Garden - Plantfinder page for one of the plants growing at the garden, with usually one or more photos, horticultural information, and noteworthy characteristics. (zone 5-8) (7 photos). Also pages for 'Arakawa', 'Beni-kawa', 'Beni-tsukasa', 'Bloodgood', 'Burgundy Lace', 'Butterfly', 'Fall's Fire', 'Germaine's Gyration', 'Higasayama', 'Hogyoku', 'Katsura', 'Murasaki-hime', 'Nuresagi', 'Omurayama', 'Osakazuki', 'Oshio-beni', 'Red Select', 'Sango-kaku', 'Satsuki-beni', 'Scolopendrifolium', 'Shaina', 'Sharp's Pygmy', 'Sherwood Flame', 'Shindeshojo', 'Shishigashira', 'Shishio Improved', 'Suminagashi', 'Trompenburg', 'Tsuma-gaki', 'Utsu-semi', 'Villa Taranto', and 'Wolff' EMPEROR I.
- NARGS Image Gallery - Photograph(s) contributed by North American Rock Garden Society members. (1 photo)
- North Carolina State University factsheet - Plant profile with horticultural details and comments (zone 5-8) (5 photos). Also a page for 'Sango-kaku'.
- Ontario Rock Garden Society: Acer palmatum 'Osakazuki' - Germination information (additional information for other varieties)
- Paghat's Garden - Illustrated articles by a gardener in the Pacific Northwest, with background and personal observations. (5 photos). Also pages for 'Sango-kaku', 'Shishigashira, and 'Ukigumo'.
- Rainy Side Gardeners - Plant profile compiled by two gardeners in the Pacific Northwest. Includes propagation and pruning methods, and commentary. (3 photos). Also pages for 'Garnet', 'Orangeola', 'Sango-kaku', and 'Ukigumo'.
- Rare Find Nursery: Acer palmatum 'Beni maiko' - Catalog detail page with description and horticultural information. (additional pages for other varieties) (zone 6-8) (3 photos)
- Rob's Plants - Plant profile with basic horticultural information and often personal observations. (5 photos). Also a page for 'Shishigashira'.
- Virginia Tech Dendrology - Factsheet with botanical characteristics and photos of various features. (zone 5-8) (6 photos)
Links
Links
- Paghat's Garden - Illustrated articles by a gardener in the Pacific Northwest, with background and personal observations. (5 photos). Also a page for 'Bloodgood'.
Common name(s): Japanese maple
Hardiness ratings: USDA zone 5~6 - 8~9
Links
- BBC Gardening - Plant profile with horticultural details and garden uses. (1 photo). Also pages for 'Crimson Queen', 'Green Globe', 'Inaba-shidare', 'Ornatum', and Viride Group.
- Dave's Garden PlantFiles - Profile page with horticultural basics, and member-contributed photos and comments. (zone 6-9) (15 photos)
- Missouri Botanical Garden - Plantfinder page for one of the plants growing at the garden, with usually one or more photos, horticultural information, and noteworthy characteristics. (zone 5-9) (3 photos). Also pages for 'Crimson Queen', 'Dissectum Atropurpureum', 'Filigree', 'Garnet', 'Inaba-shidare', 'Red Dragon', 'Seiryu', 'Tamukeyama', 'Waterfall', and Dissectum Viride Group.
- North Carolina State University factsheet - Plant profile with horticultural details and comments (zone 6-8)
- Paghat's Garden: Acer palmatum dissectum 'Viridis' - Illustrated articles by a gardener in the Pacific Northwest, with background and personal observations. (4 photos). Also pages for atropupureum 'Tamukeyama', atropurpureum 'Crimson Queen', and atropurpureum 'Red Dragon'.
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