“The Bloodgood Japanese maple ... leaf has very long and narrow lobes,” says Knapp, “and the tree height gets to about eight ...

Afternoon shade or dappled shade is beneficial in the hottest climates or when planting a Japanese maple with green or highly dissected leaves (called cut-leaf, lace-leaf or dissectum) to avoid ...

Any Japanese maple can be used for bonsai, but Pettis notes that cultivars with palm-shaped leaves (called palmate) hold up better than those with dissected leaves (called lace leaf, cut leaf or ...