Acer oliverianum ssp. oliverianum X

‘Hot Chicken’

Zones 6-9 

Heatseekers Series™

** LIMITED TO 1 PER CUSTOMER **

AREA 51 COLLECTION™ PLANTS THAT ARE OUT OF THIS WORLD

‘Hot Chicken’ is a rare Japanese selection of a heat tolerant Chinese maple that leafs out as olive green to electric red. ‘Hot Chicken’ 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 ben B”. We later obtained permission to call this cultivar ‘Hot Chicken’, 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 ‘Hot Chicken’ are a bright red, making a great contrast with the older growth. In the autumn, ‘Hot Chicken’ will dazzle you with bright reds to olive green leaves. ‘Hot Chicken’ is sure to make a splash in your garden.

‘Hot Chicken’ reaches 10-12 ft in height in 15 years making a small to mid-sized tree. This Acer oliverianum selection expands the possibilities of Japanese maples in a garden. ‘Hot Chicken’ is exceptionally heat tolerant, allowing it to handle full sun in zones 8 and zone 9 once established. 

Limited Quantities Available !! As we have over a thousand cultivars of Japanese maples, we often do not have many of each cultivar. We recommend that you buy the Japanese maples you want immediately as we often sell out of certain selections.