Acer palmatum 'Julia' Reticulated Japanese Maple
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Acer palmatum ‘Julia’ is a stunning Japanese maple with reticulated variegation. ‘Julia’ leafs out with a glowing green color to the leaves with a lighter center than on the edges. The dark green veining is very pronounces and creates the reticulated variegation. This color does fade in the summer, but ‘Julia’ puts on another show in the fall with an array of yellows and oranges. 10 Year Size: Height: 6-8 feet Width: 4-6 feet
Acer palmatum 'Koshibori nishiki' Variegated Japanese Maple
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Acer palmatum ‘Koshibori nishiki’ is a beautiful variegated Japanese maple with a light dusting of white and yellow variegation across the regularly green foliage. ‘Koshibori nishiki’ has very small green leaves that display the nice variegation. As with many variegated trees not every leaf will display this variegation. ‘Koshibori nishiki’ will grow into a medium size tree and should be protected from the hot afternoon sun.10 Year Size: Height: 8-10 feet Width: 4-6 feet
Acer palmatum 'Yeager Red' Dwarf Japanese Maple
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Acer palmatum ‘Yeager Red’ is a small witches broom Japanese maple with good red color in the spring. This red turns to a burgundy in the summer. Fall color is a bright red. ‘Yeager Red’ will develop into a small shrubby tree with a dense and compact habit.10 Year Size: Height: 4-6 feet Width: 4-6 feet
Acer palmatum 'Shigitatsu sawa' Reticulated Japanese Maple
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‘Shigitatsu sawa’ is a classic upright Japanese maple prized for its reticulated variegation and long-standing popularity among maple collectors. This old and highly respected variety showcases some of the most striking contrast found in reticulated maples.
In spring, the foliage emerges cream-white with vivid green veining. The leaves transition to soft green in summer, maintaining their distinctive reticulated pattern before finishing the season with a bright golden yellow fall color that lights up the landscape.
One of the standout features of ‘Shigitatsu sawa’ is its creamy green interior paired with bright green veins, giving the leaves an almost glowing quality.
This variety performs best with protection from hot afternoon sun, helping preserve its delicate foliage and vibrant color. At maturity, ‘Shigitatsu sawa’ typically reaches 6–8 feet tall in 10 years, making it an excellent choice for collectors, focal plantings, and refined garden designs.
Acer palmatum 'Peridot Flame' Green Japanese Maple
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Acer palmatum 'Peridot Flame' is an exceptional green Japanese maple with intense fall color. The leaves emerge with soft peach and orange-green tones. Foliage settles into a rich olive-green, often edged or veined with pale lime highlights. As temperatures cool, colors shift to vibrant yellow, orange-yellow, and eventually orange-red.
10 Year Size: Height: 8-10 feet Width: 4-6 feet
Acer palmatum 'Little Embers' Dwarf Japanese Maple
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Acer palmatum 'Little Embers' is a dwarf Japanese maple discovered as a broom off of 'Glowing Embers'. 'Little Embers' will have a short, compact growth habit with green foliage in the spring and summer. Fall is when this little tree puts on a show. Fall color is a bright orange to fiery red.
10 Year Size: Height: 4-6 feet Width: 3-4 feet
Acer palmatum 'Yama hime' Dwarf Japanese Maple
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Yama hime means dwarf mountain which adequately describes this small mounding shrub. The long slender lobes appear in spring edged in red. As summer approaches the leaves turn to a dark green. This cultivar, like 'Shishio hime', seems to be a lower growing more spreading version than some of the other maples of this type. Fall color is yellow to orange. 10 Year Size: Height: 1-2 feet Width: 3-4 feet
Acer palmatum 'Winter Red' Coral Bark Japanese Maple
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Acer palmatum ‘Winter Red’ is a wonderful coral bark Japanese maple with bright red bark especially in the winter. The leaves emerge light green in the spring and contrast very well off the bright red bark. The leaves darken and the bark lightens as summer arrives. In fall, the leaves of ‘Winter Red’ become a bright, golden yellow that really stand out in the landscape. ‘Winter Red’ does not grow nearly as large as similar coral barks like ‘Sango Kaku’ or ‘Beni kawa’, making it an excellent coral bark for nearly any location.
10 Year Size: Height: 8-10 feet Width: 4-6 feet
Acer palmatum 'Taro yama' Dwarf Japanese Maple
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Acer palmatum ‘Taro yama’ is a very small dwarf variety of Japanese maple. ‘Taro yama’ emerges in the spring with small light green leaves that darken into the summer. Fall is when ‘Taro yama’ shines with bright red leaves. ‘Taro yama’ is an extreme dwarf Japanese maple that will only achieve 3 or 4 feet tall at maturity.10 Year Size: Height: 2-4 feet Width: 2-4 feet
Acer palmatum 'Tsuma gaki' Red Finger Nails Japanese Maple
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Acer palmatum ‘Tsuma gaki’ is the famous "Red Fingernails" Japanese maple gets this name from the bright red tips on the light green almost yellow newly emerging leaves. This color persists throughout the spring fading to a nice dark green by summer. Fall color is bright red. 'Tsuma gaki' performs best in partial shade and over time grows into a small round tree.10 Year size: Height: 5-7 Feet Width: 4-6 FeetSpring Color: Green with Red TipsSummer Color: GreenFall Color: OrangeSun Tolerance: PartialPlanting: Elevated, Well Drained Soil
Acer palmatum 'Shojo shidare' Dwarf Japanese Maple
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‘Shojo Shidare’ does very well in hot climates. The spring color is purple and holds well into the summer even in Georgia. Fall color is almost scarlet and very strong. A fast growing, very pendulous dissectum, 'Shojo shidare' will mound into an excellent specimen in just a few years. 'Shojo shidare' is rare in the trade because it can be difficult to propogate, which is all the better for you collectors if you should be lucky enough to find one. If more widley available, I believe this would be one of the more popular cultivars.10 year size: Height: 3-5 Feet Width: 5-7 FeetSpring Color: PurpleSummer Color: GreenFall Color: ScarletSun tolerance: PartialPlanting: Elevated, Well Drained Soil
Acer palmatum 'Pink Filigree' Dwarf Japanese Maple
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Acer palmatum ‘Pink Filigree’ is a beautiful lace leaf variety of Japanese maple with excellent colors throughout the year. ‘Pink Filigree’ leafs out a bright pinkish orange in the spring that changes to an attractive red. In summer, the leaves are a mix of green and orange. Fall color is a bright red. ‘Pink filigree’ has fine, feathery foliage that gives the tree a delicate look.10 Year Size: Height: 4-6 feet Width: 4-6 feet
Acer palmatum 'Higasayama' Variegated Japanese Maple
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In spring, Acer palmatum 'Higasa yama' may be one of the most exciting and colorful trees you will ever see, there is nothing else quite like it. Unfortunately this intense color is short lived. As soon as temperatures start to get hot most of the variegation will fade away leaving a faint white or cream line down the center of the lobe. And when it gets really hot in our southeastern summers it will go totally green. In late summer 'Higasa yama' will send out long runners of new growth with solid green leaves much larger and differently shaped than the typical leaves. These limbs will usually put out typical leaves the next spring if not they should be removed. Fall color can be quite dramatic with reds oranges and yellows.10 year size: Height: 10-12 Feet Width: 6-8 FeetSpring Color: Pink, White, GreenSummer Color: Green and WhiteFall Color: OrangeSun Tolerance: PartialPlanting: Elevated, Well Drained Soil
Acer palmatum 'Green Elf' Dwarf Japanese Maple
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With unusually large leaves for a tree considered dwarf, 'Green Elf' works well as a container tree or a smaller specimen in the garden. The large leaves almost look like a shirasawanum leaf. New growth emerges light green in spring covered with a white pubescence. Summer leaves are darker green before turning mostly yellow in fall.10 year size: Height: 4-6 feet Width: 3-5 feet
Acer palmatum 'Emerald Sunset' Red Finger Nails Japanese Maple
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Acer palmatum ‘Emerald Sunset’ is another of the red finger nail maples. With purple tips to the leaves in spring, ‘Emerald Sunset’ is one of the most eye catching trees in the spring. ‘Emerald Sunset’ does a good job of keeping these purple tips well into the summer as well, especially in cooler climates. ‘Emerald Sunset’ is a relatively small growing tree that should only reach about 8 feet tall at maturity.10 Year Size: Height: 6-8 feet Width: 4-6 feet