Acer palmatum 'Butterfly' Variegated Japanese Maple burgundy pink and purple wash their

pink and purple wash their way across the small leaves of 'Hoshi kuzu'

If more widley available

'Lovett' has slightly smaller leaves than many japonicums

By summer it is almost totally green

Acer palmatum 'Butterfly' Variegated Japanese Maple burgundy pink and purple wash theirDeveloped by Koichiro Wada Nursery, Japan before 1938 'Butterfly' has striking variegation. Frequent pruning is recommended to thin inner branching as it gets older, in order to prevent it from becoming to congested. Fall color is orange. There does appear to be two different cultivars being sold under the name 'Butterfly', while they are similar there is enough difference to indicate that they are distinctively different cultivars. One has pink and