Acer palmatum 'Lemon Chiffon' Green Weeping Japanese Maple
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Acer palmatum ‘Lemon Chiffon’ emerges in spring with a much brighter yellow color to the leaves than just about any other lace leaf variety. The leaves darken a little bit in the summer to a chartreuse green which really stands out among the muted greens more typically found in the summer. Fall color is a bright yellow to orange. ‘Lemon Chiffon’ has a low spreading habit and should never get as tall as it is wide.
10 Year Size: Height: 3-5 feet Width: 4-6 feet
Acer palmatum 'Lima Gold' Dwarf Japanese Maple
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Acer palmatum ‘Lima Gold’ is a dwarf Japanese maple with bright, lime-green foliage. This color holds pretty well into the summer. Fall color then ranges from bright yellow to orange. ‘Lima gold’ stays very small at maturity and maintains a dense shrubby habit. 10 Year Size: Height: 2-4 Width: 2-4
Acer palmatum 'Little Red' Compact Dwarf Japanese Maple
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Acer palmatum 'Little Red' the Red Upright Growing Compact Dwarf Japanese Maple
Acer palmatum 'Little Red' is a compact dwarf Japanese maple with an upright growth habit. 'Little Red' will grow very similarly to 'Twombly's Red Sentinel' but will stay shorter only getting to about 6 feet tall at maturity. 'Little Red' will grow with a very dense and compact growth habit that will develop in a shape like a short column. The size and shape of 'Little Red' make it perfect for small and narrow spaces in the landscape.
Acer palmatum 'Little Red' emerges in the spring with stunning red leaves. The leaves of 'Little Red' are small and reminiscent of other red Japanese maples discovered as witches' brooms. The small leaves fade to burgundy in the summer and eventually turn a stunning bright red in the fall.
Acer palmatum 'Little Red' can be grown in many different climates across the country. 'Little Red' should grow well in zones 5 through 9 and can be grown in full sun in all but the very hottest climates. In the hotter areas 'Little Red' would prefer a break from the hot afternoon sun.
What is the 10 Year Size of Acer palmatum 'Little Red'?
Height: 6-8 feet Width: 2-4 feet
What is the Spring Color of Acer palmatum 'Little Red'?
Red
What is the Summer Color of Acer palmatum 'Little Red'?
Burgundy
What is the Fall Color of Acer palmatum 'Little Red'?
Bright Red
What is the Leaf Shape of Acer palmatum 'Little Red'?
Small Broad Leaf
What is the Sun Tolerance of Acer palmatum 'Little Red'?
Partial Sun
What Growing Zones are suitable for Acer palmatum 'Little Red'?
Zones 5-9
What is the Shape of Acer palmatum 'Little Red'?
Compact Japanese Maple
What is the Growth Rate of Acer palmatum 'Little Red'?
Fast Growing Dwarf Japanese Maple
How should Acer palmatum 'Little Red' be planted?
Elevated in Well Drained Soil
Acer palmatum 'Little Sango' Coral Bark Japanese Maple
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Acer palmatum ‘Little Sango’ is a dwarf, coral bark Japanese Maple. ‘Little Sango’ has many of the same characteristics of the popular Sango kaku but on a much smaller tree. ‘Little Sango’ will only grow to be about 4 feet tall with a dense, bushy habit. ‘Little Sango’ has light green leaves in the spring and summer that turn to a golden yellow in the fall.
Acer palmatum 'Matthew' Dwarf Japanese Maple
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Originating as a witches broom, this little guy will add interesting color and texture to any garden. Deeply divided leaves emerge in spring decidedly yellow with red edges in more sun. Fall color is excellent and mostly orange with hints of yellow. Tolerates full sun in most climates but prefers at least a short break from the afternoon sun in hotter areas. Sometimes listed as 'Mathews Broom'. 10 year size: Height: 4-6 feet Width: 3-5 feet
Acer palmatum 'Mayday' Dwarf Japanese Maple
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Acer palmatum 'Mayday' is one of the most sought after Japanese Maples currently on the market. 'Mayday' is a Mikawa yatsabusa variant with bright yellow color in the spring. Throughout the summer this yellow turns to a light green and can sometimes show subtle variegation. 'Mayday' grows just like Mikawa yatsabusa with short nodes and bunched up buds creating a shingled leaf effect. 'Mayday' is a slower grower than Mikawa yatsabusa and will only reach a few feet tall at maturity. This is an extremely rare Japanese maple that will likely always be in short supply.
10 Year Size: Height: 3-5 feet Width: 3-5 feet
Acer palmatum 'Mikawa Kaen' Dwarf Japanese Maple
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Acer palmatum 'Mikawa kaen' is the Golden Mikawa Dwarf Japanese Maple
Acer palmatum 'Mikawa kaen' is a dwarf Japanese maple that is a relative to the ever popular 'Mikawa yatsubusa'. 'Mikawa kaen' is slow growing with closely arranged leaves that create a wonderful stubby upright tree. The defining characteristic of 'Mikawa kaen' is the short inter nodal lengths and closely growing buds that create a stacked shingle like appearance of the leaves. 'Mikawa kaen' stays a little bit smaller than 'Mikawa yatsubusa'
'Mikawa kaen' has broad leaves that lay flat and close together. While the leaf shape and structure is quite similar to 'Mikawa yatsubusa', 'Mikawa kaen' has some differences in leaf color. The leaf color of this interested dwarf Japanese maple tree is gold to bronze in the spring. The leaves then change to green for most of the summer. 'Mikawa kaen' has incredible fall color ranging from orange to red.
While it may be slow growing, 'Mikawa kaen' is still a hardy tree and can be grown in many different climates across the country. 'Mikawa kaen' can be comfortably grown in zones 5 through 9. 'Mikawa kaen' can be grown in full sun in some climates, but will prefer some afternoon shade in the hotter locations. 'Mikawa kaen' needs a little bit of morning sun at the minimum to produce the best spring colors.
Examples of the current sizes are included in the pictures.
What is the 10 Year Size of Acer palmatum 'Mikawa Kaen'?
Height: 4-6 feet Width: 3-4 feet
What is the Spring Color of Acer palmatum 'Mikawa Kaen'?
Light Green
What is the Summer Color of Acer palmatum 'Mikawa Kaen'?
Green
What is the Fall Color of Acer palmatum 'Mikawa Kaen'?
Orange to Red
What is the Leaf Shape of Acer palmatum 'Mikawa Kaen'?
Broad Flat Leaf
What is the Sun Tolerance of Acer palmatum 'Mikawa Kaen'?
Partial Sun
What Growing Zones are suitable for Acer palmatum 'Mikawa Kaen'?
Zones 5-9
What is the Shape of Acer palmatum 'Mikawa Kaen'?
Upright and Compact Japanese Maple
What is the Growth Rate of Acer palmatum 'Mikawa Kaen'?
Slow Growing Dwarf Japanese Maple
How should Acer palmatum 'Mikawa Kaen' be planted?
Elevated in Well Drained Soil
Acer palmatum 'Miss Piggy' Dwarf Japanese Maple
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Acer palmatum ‘Miss Piggy’ is One of the Most Unusual Dwarf Japanese Maples that we Grow at Maple Ridge Nursery
Acer palmatum ‘Miss Piggy’ is a dwarf tree with sturdy branching and bunched up leaves that are caused by fasciations at the tips of the branches. This means that the branches have actually fused together. These fasciations are more commonly seen in conifers and are extremely rare in Japanese maples. The leaves can sometimes grow so close together that they completely encircle the branches. When this occurs, you can look straight down the branch and see a perfect ring of leaves that almost make it look like an eye. 'Miss Piggy' doesn't get very big, maturing to only about 5 or 6 feet tall, but it is a fast grower especially for a dwarf Japanese maple.
‘Miss Piggy’ has small palmate leaves that are light green in the spring and darken just a bit in the summer. In the fall the leaves turn an attractive orange and red. 'Miss Piggy' can handle a good bit of sun in all but the hottest climates where it would need at least some shade in the afternoon. The small green leaves of 'Miss Piggy' will be a lighter green if it is grown in more sunlight or a darker green if it is grown in more shade. 'Miss Piggy' is a hardy dwarf Japanese maple and can be grown in zones 5 through 9.
What is the 10 Year Size of Acer palmatum 'Miss Piggy'?
Height: 4-6 feet Width: 2-4 feet
What is the Spring Color of Acer palmatum 'Miss Piggy'?
Light Green
What is the Summer Color of Acer palmatum 'Miss Piggy'?
Green
What is the Fall Color of Acer palmatum 'Miss Piggy'?
Orange to Red
What is the Leaf Shape of Acer palmatum 'Miss Piggy'?
Broad Leaf
What is the Sun Tolerance of Acer palmatum 'Miss Piggy'?
Partial Sun
What Growing Zones are suitable for Acer palmatum 'Miss Piggy'?
Zones 5-9
What is the Shape of Acer palmatum 'Miss Piggy'?
Upright and Compact Japanese Maple
What is the Growth Rate of Acer palmatum 'Miss Piggy'?
Fast Growing Dwarf Japanese Maple
How should Acer palmatum 'Miss Piggy' be planted?
Elevated in Well Drained Soil
Acer palmatum 'Monticello Gardens' Red Dwarf Japanese Maple
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Acer palmatum ‘Monticello Gardens’ is a lace leaf Japanese maple with a weeping, sprawling habit. There are some red Japanese maples that hold their red color well in the summer and then there is ‘Monticello Gardens’. This tree stays red all the time. ‘Monticello Gardens’ is red in the spring, it is red in the summer and then it is, of course, red in the fall. I imagine if it wasn’t deciduous, it would find a way to be red in the winter as well. ‘Monticello Gardens’ is the perfect Japanese maple for the people that don’t want their red Japanese maple to lose its color in the summer.10 Year Size: Height: 3-5 feet Width: 4-6 feet
Acer palmatum 'Murasaki kiyohime' Dwarf Japanese Maple
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'Murasaki kiyohime' is a small maple that will grow much wider than tall, Like it's close relative 'Kiyo hime' this cultivar emerges in spring with red tips to the leaves before turning green for the summer. there are very slight differences between the 2 maples. We find that the edge of 'Murasaki kiyohime' to be more maroon red and 'Kiyo hime' to be more orange red but the tint of these colors can be affected by the sun making them hard to distinguish. Fall color ranges from bronze to orange. 'Murasaki kiyohime' is also slightly more upright when young, often sending up vertical shoots of a foot or more on very young plants only to spend the rest of it's life thickening up and growing wider. 'Murasaki kiyohime' is relatively fast growing and will become a specimen in the garden after just a few years.10 year size: Height: 2 feet Width: 4-5 feet
Acer palmatum 'Nancy Ann' Dwarf Japanese Maple
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Acer palmatum ‘Nancy Ann’ is a delicate lace leaf Japanese maple with pinkish red leaves in the spring. These leaves change to orange then bronze then green in the summer. Fall color is yellow to orange. ‘Nancy Ann’ is essentially the unvariegated form of ‘Toyama Nishiki’, which still makes for a very nice tree. ‘Nancy Ann’ is a beautiful lace leaf variety with wonderful color changes throughout the year that give the tree unique interest all the time. 10 Year Size: Height: 3-5 feet Width: 4-6 feet
Acer palmatum 'O jishi' Lion's Head Japanese Maple
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Acer palmatum ‘O jishi’ is one of the famous lions head maples. 'O jishi' is the male lion and 'Meijishi' is the female lion. Shishigashira means lions head, and while this term can be used to describe either cultivar it is generally used to describe 'Meijishi'. The leaves of 'Ojishi' are heavily crinkled but lighter in color and not quite as tightly crinkled as 'Meijishi'. 'O jishi' is also a much slower growing smaller tree. In full sun new growth has a red tinge to the tips of the foliage. Fall color is red and glorious. The leaves appear very crowded on the stem giving the tree a compact and congested look, with the short internodal length making it hard to propagate and contributing to the fact that it is rarely seen in nurseries. 'O jishi' is excellent for containers and makes a wonderful patio tree.10 Year size: Height: 4-5 Feet Width: 3-4 FeetSpring Color: GreenSummer Color: GreenFall Color: OrangeSun Tolerance: PartialPlanting: Elevated, Well Drained Soil
Acer palmatum 'Octopus' Red Dwarf Japanese Maple
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The name, ‘Octopus’, aptly describes this cultivar with long aching branches that spread like tentacles in all directions. 'Octopus' forms a large spreading irregular mound. The deeply dissected leaves emerge a bright pink red in early spring before turning to dark purple. When summers heat arrives the leaves first bronze before becoming mostly dark green in hot climates. Fall color is breathtaking almost fire engine red.
10 Year Size Height: 3-4 Feet Width: 7-9 Feet
Spring color: Red
Summer color: Green
Fall Color: Red
Sun Tolerance: Partial
Planting: Elevated, Well Drained Soil
Our 1 Gallon and 3 Gallon sizes are available for shipping and in store pickup. Our larger sizes (7 Gallon and bigger) are only available for in store pickup.
Acer palmatum 'Okken's Red Mini' Dwarf Japanese Maple
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Acer palmatum ‘Okken’s Red Mini’ is an extremely small growing Japanese maple with very nice red color in the spring. The red color darkens in the summer, then turns back to a bright red in the fall. ‘Okken’s Red Mini’ stays so small, it can basically be used for any space in the landscape. 10 Year Size: Height: 2-3 feet Width: 2-3 feet
Acer palmatum 'Orangeola' Dwarf Japanese Maple
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Acer palmatum 'Orangeola' is a Weeping Dwarf Japanese Maple that Changes Personality All Year Long
Acer palmatum 'Orangeola' is one of the fastest growing weeping dwarf Japanese maple varieties there is, but it still does not attain height very quickly. 'Orangeola' has a very pendulous habit and will have quite the waterfall look as it grows. 'Orangeola' can be a fast growing weeping Japanese maple especially when young which can create long shoots of weeping branches. This growth eventually helps 'Orangeola' develop into a low mounding Japanese maple that is a great for corners and centerpieces.
Acer palmatum 'Orangeola' is a great weeping dwarf Japanese maple that changes personality all season long. It emerges in the spring with heavily dissected leaves that have tones of green and orange in early spring and as the sun works it's magic on the foliage it quickly turns brick red. This red color holds into the early summer. As spring turns into summer the older leaves start to slowly turn green, this process happens over a number of weeks during which the leaves appear molted with infused colors of green and purple washed across each leaf. About the time the entire plant becomes green in mid to late summer 'Orangeola' decides it is time to grow again, putting out red new growth that lays over the older foliage. Then in fall it really puts on a show with traffic stopping bright orange-red leaves.
'Orangeola' does extremely well in hotter climates and can be grown in sun or shade. More red colors will be attained in sunnier locations, but 'Orangeola' will grow well in shade as well. 'Orangeola' will grow well in zones 5 through 9 and will have different effects in different climates.
What is the 10 Year Size of Acer palmatum 'Orangeola'?
Height: 4-6 feet Width: 6-8 feet
What is the Spring Color of Acer palmatum 'Orangeola'?
Red
What is the Summer Color of Acer palmatum 'Orangeola'?
Green
What is the Fall Color of Acer palmatum 'Orangeola'?
Orange-Red
What is the Leaf Shape of Acer palmatum 'Orangeola'?
Lace Leaf
What is the Sun Tolerance of Acer palmatum 'Orangeola'?
Full Sun
What Growing Zones are suitable for Acer palmatum 'Orangeola'?
Zones 5-9
What is the Shape of Acer palmatum 'Orangeola'?
Weeping Japanese Maple
What is the Growth Rate of Acer palmatum 'Orangeola'?
Fast Growing Dwarf Japanese Maple
How should Acer palmatum 'Orangeola' be planted?
Elevated in Well Drained Soil