ACER palmatum 'Shigitatsu sawa'  (syn. 'Reticulatum') A good example of the incorrect name being more descriptive than the official one! 'Reticulatum' describes the reticulate pattern of the leaves where the green veins are prominent against silvery or yellow-green interspaces. Shrubby in habit and beautiful, but avoid full sun. 1.5-2m Specimens only this season - please ask for price and size details.
	ACER palmatum 'Shigure bato'  A rare Japanese cultivar from 1930. Red young leaves turn olive green and are incised and deeply divided. Gold autumn colour. Expect 2m, so smaller than most of this type. Specimens only this season - please ask for price and size details.
NEW	ACER palmatum 'Shikage ori nishiki' Very limited numbers this season - please ask for price and size details.
	ACER palmatum 'Shin chishio'  Previously known as 'Chishio Improved' the name was changed becasue its previous incarnation did not comply with the "rules" becasue it contained mixed languages. This is the biggest growing of the group with bright pinky red young growth. We find the colour to be more orange than the others. The colour lasts well through the spring, becoming green in summer. As with all of this group, the intensity of spring colour, and the degree to which it is held through the summer will vary with the light conditions to which it is exposed. More light will result in more intense colour held longer, but watch it doesn't suffer in the summer as a result. 3m From £28.00
	ACER palmatum 'Shin deshojo'  This is one of my favourites with its superb bright pinky red spring colour. Similar to 'Corallinum' and 'Beni Maiko', but the next size up! It is a twiggy shrub with dark purple young stems. Perfect for pot culture or the border. 2m From £28.00
	ACER palmatum 'Shinobuga oka'  (previously listed as 'Aoshime') With the typical narrow lobed leaves of the Linearilobum Group, this cultivar forms a sturdy, upright small tree. Bright green summer colour turns to orange-yellow in autumn (see photo right). There are particularly good specimens in the Maple Glade at Westonbirt Arboretum. 2m From £28.00 Open-ground Specimens also available - please ask for details.
NEW	ACER palmatum 'Shinonome' From £36.00
	ACER palmatum 'Shishigashira'  A distinctive form, dense and upright in habit, and distinctly architectural. The dark green leaves are heavily curled and set very close together. It is sometimes found under different names - 'Ribesifolium', 'Crispum' or 'Cristatum'. 1-2m From £28.00
	ACER palmatum 'Shishi yatsubusa' An elegant yet architectural plant, with small green leaves held horizontally (almost like tiles on a roof). So simple yet so effective. Superb autumn colours. Unfortunately the "Checklist" against which I have meticulously checked my nomenclature deems this one synonymous with 'Mikawa yatsubusa'. Although I would definitely put it in the same "group", for me this is a more vigorous plant and generally a better doer. Similar structure, but not the same.  Fantastic Open-ground Specimens only this season - please ask for price and size details.
	ACER palmatum 'Shojo-no- mai' The name translates to “dancing red-face monkey” which somehow fails to do this exquisite plant justice. Very much of the same group as ‘Beni schichihenge’, this one has more intensely pink variegation without the brownish tones of the latter. Very limited numbers this season - please ask for price and size details.
	ACER palmatum 'Shojo'  At first glance another variation on the ubiquitous purple maple. However, it is worth a further look. The young growth is a surprisingly bright red whilst even the basic leaf shape is subtly different and appealing. The strong purple summer colour is held well through the season before developing excellent bright red autumn colours (see picture left). Growth is quite upright when young but will doubtless thicken out later in life. I like it very much. 3m Specimens only this season - please ask for price and size details.
	ACER palmatum 'Sister Ghost' Thanks again to Talon Buchholz. Similar in principle to the well-known 'Shigitatsu sawa', yet even prettier, with more deeply divided leaves. Shade will be necessary. Pretty autumn colours too (see picture left). Bushy, arching habit to 2m. Specimens only this season - please ask for price and size details.
	ACER palmatum 'Skeeter's Broom' I have to confess that I'm not wild about most of the witches brooms...but I actually quite like this one! Found in Pennsylvania on 'Bloodgood', it becomes more upright than most of the other similar cultivars. It also has longer leaves than most (usually with the typical truncated central lobe), and for my money is the most purple of them (although it does also exhibit the brighter, more pinky red young growth). It holds its colour well through summer before turning red again in autumn. 2m. From £28.00
	ACER palmatum 'Sode nishiki' Simplest described as in the 'Katsura' group, but this one's a bit more subtle. Emerging orange-yellow with pink edging, it matures through deeper orange and red to summer green before bursting into yellow autumn colour.  Not available this season - ask me about similar alternatives
NEW	ACER palmatum 'Summer Gold' From £36.00