Acer palmatum Goshiki kotohime

Variegated form of the dwarf kotohime. Leaves may be unevenly variegated from tiny blotches to larger specks over a solid green leaf, sometimes no variegations appear on the leaves. The variegations are very minute overlapping white, cream, yellow, pink and red. new growths are pink in spring, turning a darker green in summer. Leaves are made of 5 small overlapping radiating outwards lobes, deeply divided towards the leaf base, widest 1 third away from the leaf base and ending in a long sharp point. Hooked and slightly crinkled, the leaves have toothed margins, and are irregular. The growth is very slow and stubby, making propagation challenging. In spring the lightly variegated pink rose leaves emerge, turning to light green then darkening in summer and changing to yellow orange in autumn. This dwarf grows eventually to 1 meter tall in 15 years,