The Pirtle Nursery Japanese Redleaf Maple provides magnificent color within a landscape. With its reddish-purple leaves in spring turning a brilliant red in fall it becomes a focal point in any yard. A smaller deciduous tree with a slow to medium growth rate. The Japanese Redleaf Maple has shown deer and rabbit resistance. Leaves can scorch in hot weather unless they have some shade or irrigation during dry weather. The further north the more direct sunlight that can be tolerated. Never allow water to stand at the roots.