Buy Acer palmatum 'Geisha Gone Wild'

Vibrant variegated pink, white and green maple. This selection by Talon Buchholz leafs out in spring with the most beautiful pink leaves and slowly changes to green, pink and white. A. pal.' Geisha Gone Wild' will get to 15' in time.

The distinctive, purple-green leaves of this small Japanese maple display pink and cream leaf margins and twisted lobes. A sport from Geisha, it has shown improved hardiness and stability over its smaller, more tender parent. Purple-black, pink and crim

This wonderfully fun maple is a variegated sport of 'Geisha'; it is truly one of the most remarkable of the variegated Japanese Maples. The spring foliage bursts out with an assortment of magenta, pink and purple with green specks before becoming variegated green and creamy-white for summer. Perhaps at its most wild in the autumn when it breaks into a bright display of purples and oranges. This is a small upright maple that reaches 8'. A fantastic centerpiece or container tree; introduced by Buchholz Nursery in Oregon. PSh/M

Geisha Gone Wild Japanese Maple is a wonderfully variegated maple with incredibly unique coloring! The foliage is variegated purple, pink, white and green. This small tree has spectacular fall colors of purple, pink and crimson.  Geisha Gone Wild Japanese Maple is an stunning tree that will wow all season!

Certainly among the most colorful of all the Japanese Maple varieties, 'Geisha Gone Wild' produces dark red leaves that are variegated with pink in early spring. As the summer progresses the old leaves develop white and green variegation with various levels of pink spots on the leaves as a backdrop to the new leaves on the branch tips which are still bright red. 'Geisha Gone Wild' develops a medium sized tree but can be pruned to stay small. We have found that this variety looks best when it is grown as a multi-branched tree and kept to around five feet tall. Pruning is best done in early summer.
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Geisha was the original cultivar and has been around for a number of years and is listed in J.D. Vertrees book Japanese Maples, 2nd edition. Initially from New Zealand and imported by Talon Buchholz of Gaston, OR. A sport from Geisha flourished and was propagated by Talon and named ‘Geisha Gone Wild’. Nearly identical to another sport propagated by Duncan and Davies in New Zealand named ‘Shirazz’. Ask me what a ‘sport’ is! This cultivar, though similar to Geisha in color is more tolerant of growing conditions and is a faster more vigorous growing maple. Hot pink spring growth lasts well into the summer before fading in the summer sun. A new flush of growth happens in late July/August and once again exhibits the strong fuchsia pink color. Fall color is an outstanding crimson red. As with Geisha this offspring has an odd habit of showing a dark green blemish on the leaves in a random fashion. This is just part of the character of Geisha and Geisha Gone Wild and not an ugly maple wart, even if it looks like one. Once established this cultivar is hardy to USDA zone 5.

A spectacular variegated Japanese Maple. Leaves emerge with purple-pink, white and green coloration. Fall color is purple-orange. Incredibly colorful and unique.