Acer pictum 'Usugumo'

This is such a beautiful maple. The leaves are speckled with white and have been compared to the wings of a bat.

P.S.Keith, can't seem to get my comments to work.

2011

I haven't had any problem growing mine. It is on my deck, which sits about 15' off the ground and gets filtered light. It likes to be on the dry side and I have mine in pine bark/compost about equal parts in a clay pot. The first year I had it, I kept it too moist and it hardly grew any, but now it is growing almost too fast. In 2011 I am really beginning to wonder how I am going to keep this maple containerized. It quickly outgrows its pots, I even pruned it back this year. So far I have not root pruned (scared), but wonder about putting it in the ground.