Bring elegant vertical beauty to your landscape with Acer palmatum ‘Tsukasa Silhouette’, a rare columnar Japanese Maple prized for its narrow upright form and brilliant seasonal color. This unique ornamental tree emerges in spring with bright chartreuse green foliage that deepens to rich green during summer before transforming into vivid orange and bright red tones in autumn.

Its slender growth habit makes it an exceptional choice for narrow spaces, side yards, patios, foundation plantings, and modern garden designs where traditional spreading trees may not fit. Heat tolerant and easy to maintain, ‘Tsukasa Silhouette’ delivers striking architectural form and year-round landscape interest in compact spaces. You will receive a healthy plant similar in size and condition to the one shown in the listing photos.

You will receive:
✔️ 1 live Acer palmatum ‘Tsukasa Silhouette’ tree
✔️ Height: approximately 18–24 inches tall
✔️ Grown in #1 nursery container
✔️ Healthy, rooted Japanese Maple
✔️ Secure packaging for safe arrival

Growing Information

• Common Name: Tsukasa Silhouette Japanese Maple
• Botanical Name: Acer palmatum ‘Tsukasa Silhouette’
• Plant Type: Deciduous ornamental tree
• Growth Stage: Young container-grown tree
• Sun Requirements: Full sun to partial shade
• Soil: Slightly acidic, moist, well-draining soil
• Watering: Moderate; keep soil evenly moist
• Mature Height: 15–20 feet
• Mature Width: 6–7 feet
• Growth Rate: Moderate
• USDA Zones: 5–9
• Container Friendly: Yes when young

Care Tip: Water consistently during hot weather, especially while establishing. Mulching around the base helps retain moisture and protect shallow roots from temperature extremes.

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.