Acer oliverianum ‘Hot Tamale’ Japanese Maple

Acer oliverianum ssp. oliverianum X 'Hot Tamale' Zones 6-9 Heatseekers Series™  AREA 51 COLLECTION™ PLANTS THAT ARE OUT OF THIS WORLD There have been rumors about this Acer oliverianum selection, that it could handle full sun without burning in much hotter zones than the typical Japanese maple, Acer palmatum. Nurserymen have been looking for this tree for years in Japan. The search for the 'Hot Tamale' Japanese maple is over.  'Hot Tamale' is a rare Japanese selection of a heat tolerant Chinese maple that leafs out as bright pink red to deep burgundy. 'Hot Tamale' was found as a chance seedling by the famous Japanese author and maple expert, Masayoshi Yano, and was given the working code name of "Nakahara beni B". We later obtained permission to call this cultivar 'Hot Tamale', adding this to our Heatseekers Series™ of Heat Tolerant Japanese maples for the South. By late spring, the leaves on this Japanese maple mature to a pleasant olive green.  Mid-summer flushes of new growth on '