Fjellheim maples for small space Acer palmatum Twombley’s Red Sentinel

Acer palmatum Twombley’s Red Sentinel is a compact columnar Japanese Maple with bold dark red leaves much like Bloodgood

A reliable variegated maple

Fireglow tends to hold it’s red color in the heat better than Bloodgood and other red palmatums

performing well in hot climates and an outstanding performer in the north as well

has reliable wonderful fall colors

Fjellheim maples for small space Acer palmatum Twombley’s Red SentinelFjellheim is a maple that arose from a witches broom growing on Sango kaku, the Coral Bark Japanese maple. Hence, it forms a compact tree like tree much like the popular Coral Bark but smaller. Fjellheim has the same wonderful bark color and yellow Fall color as Sango kaku, Fjellheim will remain a dwarf growing only 5 feet or so. It is great for the small garden or containers. It tends to have a brighter bark than Sango kaku and other dwarf Japanese