Also known as the red lace-leaved maple, it is a beautiful low growing Japanese maple with leaves that are deeply lobed with serrated edges. The early foliage is a claret red colour turning a deep orange and crimson in Autumn. It has finely divided foliage on cascading branches. Always pendulous in habit, with an umbrella like canopy, it can be almost prostrate if not staked when young. Acer palmatum Dissectum Atropurpureum is best planted in a sheltered position.