It is not widely known and only rarely available. Spring color is a striking orange-red with green veins, changing to green for summer. Fall color is orange-red to crimson. A fine white pubescence covers the deep blue-red leaves as they unfold every spring, thus the name. This is a strongly upright tree with an unusual opalescence to the very unusual leaf color, and a fine frosting of white over the deep maroon twigs.
Mature bark is marked with white vertical striations.
A very choice selection. The beautiful cascading branchlets of Omurayama remind me of a willow. It is a brilliant green all summer, changing to gold, orange and crimson in the fall. Overall, a beautiful small lawn tree, and very beautiful for containers or bonsai. The color is deep purple-red which is held with very little change throughout the year.