Acer pentaphyllum - Five-lobed Maple flowering it is best grown in

it is best grown in moist

rough bark

A large deciduous tree from the mid western United States of America where it is found in open forests

Best grown in full sun to part shade

Depending on the severity of the winters it might be cut back by frost

Acer pentaphyllum - Five-lobed Maple flowering it is best grown inOne of the rarest maples in the wild known only from a very small and threatened population which was recently rediscovered following its introduction to cultivation in the 1930's from a scarce handful of seed. It is deciduous with deeply cut 5 lobed leaves that are very unmaple like. This delicate tree, nearly extinct in the wild and unsurprisingly it is listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN