'Sharp's Pygmy' is a kind of dwarf Japanese maple which I bought on impulse last summer, after I gave away the rhododendron that refused to thrive in my garden. This is a rare example of my buying a plant that is reasonably scaled for the space it will have to occupy.
Plant Fact: The variety was developed in a nursery in Boring, Oregon. Really. There is, apparently, nothing to do in Boring. This is either too good or too bad to be true.