Groundcover (Acer palmatum 'Groundcover' )

Think Kamagata lying on the ground. It’s not exactly right but gives the idea. Groundcover’s leaves are small, green and deeply divided with longish lobes. If you show the plant who’s boss right at the beginning and put it on a stake, you get to decide how tall it will be and what the general shape will be, but if you let it lie about, it gets very brittle and every limb you try to lift up, breaks off. Bummer. Frankly I don’t think trees should be ground covers, but I was a little too late with my plants.