Japanese Maple Acer ‘Enkan’ 20/40cm (3L)
Acer palmatum
£25.95
Japanese Maple Acer palmatum ‘Enkan’ is a distinctive small tree with unusual strap-like leaves in deep wine-red. This slow-growing variety maintains its rich colour throughout summer and turns brilliant red in autumn. Its compact, upright form makes it perfect for small gardens and containers.
- ✓ Distinctive Japanese maple with unusual strap-like leaves in deep wine-red that maintain excellent colour throughout summer months
- ✓ Slow-growing, compact variety reaching only 2m x 1.5m at maturity. Perfect for small gardens and containers with its neat, upright habit
- ✓ Creates stunning seasonal displays from spring's wine-red leaves through to autumn's brilliant red finale, with decorative winged fruits
- ✓ Easy to maintain and ideal for containers or borders, thriving in partially shaded positions. Superior colour retention compared to similar varieties
- ✓ Quality UK grown Japanese Maples from Yarrow Gardens - DEFRA Registered Supplier
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‘Enkan’ is a remarkable Japanese maple that stands out for its unique narrow-lobed leaves and excellent colour retention.
The distinctive foliage features five long, narrow leaflets that create an elegant, strap-like appearance. These emerge in spring in a rich wine-red colour that, unlike many red maples, holds its depth beautifully through the summer months. Come autumn, the leaves transform into bright, vivid red shades.
This variety has a naturally neat, upright growth habit, reaching just 2 metres in height and 1.5 metres across at maturity. Its compact size and architectural form make it perfect for today’s smaller gardens, where space is at a premium.
Spring brings delicate green flowers, followed by decorative red and green winged fruits in autumn, adding extra seasonal interest. The tree’s slow growth rate means it’s easy to maintain and won’t outgrow its space, making it ideal for containers or intimate garden settings.
‘Enkan’ performs beautifully in partially shaded positions where its deep red foliage can develop without scorching. It’s perfect for creating vertical accent points in borders or as a stunning container specimen on patios and terraces.
This cultivar, developed by the renowned Esveld Nursery, improves on similar varieties like ‘Red Pygmy’ with its superior summer colour retention, ensuring season-long garden impact.
Ultimate height
1.5–2.5 metres
Time to ultimate height
10–20 years
Ultimate spread
1–1.5 metres
Please note: Decorative pots shown are for display purposes only. Your tree will be supplied in a standard plastic nursery pot shown in the other pictures.
Season of Interest
Spring, Summer, Autumn
Sunlight
Partial Shade
Pot Size
3 litre
Foliage
Deciduous
Foliage Colour
Red
Hardiness
-10°C to -5°C (H4)
When MatureWatering
Moderate
Preferred Soil Type
Any well drained soil
Delivery
Yarrow Gardens aim to have your order with you in fastest time possible and safest method of transport. Dependent on the parcel size and geographical destination in mind with will select the most suitable courier.
You are welcome to collect any times from our nursery in Euxton, Lancashire. Please contact us to arrange a suitable date and time.
With regret, we can no longer send items out to Northern Ireland. All live plants need a phytosanitary checks and DAERA must be notified. This process is simply too expensive at the moment.
Returns
In the rare instance that your item has been damaged during delivery or incorrectly shipped by us, please contact us and we will be happy to discuss the return and replacement of your item.
Once you have contacted us and we have confirmation that your parcel is on its way back to us we will be happy to issue a refund for the return postage.
| Delivery Class | Delivery Cost | |
|---|---|---|
| Royal Mail Letter - Royal Mail Tracked | £3.25 (Flat) | |
| Royal Mail Letter - Royal Mail Second Class | £1.32 (Flat) | |
| Royal Mail Large Letter - Royal Mail Tracked | £3.25 (Flat) | |
| Royal Mail Large Letter - Royal Mail Second Class | £2.10 (Flat) | |
| Standard Items - Standard Courier (APC) | £10.74 (Flat) | |
| Standard Items - Standard Courier (Evri) | £5.99 (Flat) | |
| Medium Items - Standard Courier (APC) | £11.94 (Flat) | This item |
| Large Items - Pallet Courier | £114.00 (Flat) | |
| Large Items - Standard Courier (APC) | £25.14 (Flat) | |
| Pallet Courier - Pallet Courier | £114.00 (Flat) |
We are a small family business based in Euxton, West Lancashire. We specialise in the supply of trees, shrubs both bare root & cell grown. Much of our stock is grown directly on site from seed or cuttings. Other stock is all UK sourced where possible.
We adhere to industry leading biosecurity measures, this ensures that our nursery remains clean and disease free.
We are DEFRA registered and our nursery is regularly inspected to confirm compliance with all current plant and plant health regulations.
Our Plant Passport Registration Number is GB140010
You can view our Plant Healthy report here.
We are actively working towards the Grown in Britain certification along with the Plant Healthy certification.
Should you have any concern or question in respect of our plant health matters, please get in touch.
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