Acer Palmatum Kagiri Nishiki Japanese Maple requires full sun to partial shade and moist, organically rich, slightly acidic, well-drained soils. Kagiri Nishiki Japanese Maple has red-petioled, light green, palmate leaves that exude yellow and red hues in fall. The ornamental tree bears tiny, red blooms in spring. Kagiri Nishiki Japanese Maple has a rounded to slightly spreading, dense growth habit. It is suitable for screenings, border peripheries, and woodland landscape margins. Kagiri Nishiki Japanese Maple also boasts rough, coarsely fissured, cork-textured bark as an ornamental feature. It bears samaras.