Green Japanese Maples

Acer palmatum ‘Red Wood’ is an excellent growing, medium size coral bark Japanese maple. ‘Red Wood’ will only reach about 8 feet tall in ten years making it a nice smaller alternative to Acer palmatum ‘Sango kaku’. Acer palmatum ‘Red Wood’ emerges with bright green leaves in the spring that darken in the summer. Fall color is known for bright yellow to golden leaves. ‘Red Wood’ displays bright red bark in the winter that will rival any coral bark Japanese Maple. Acer palmatum ‘Red Wood’ can handle some sun, but it should be protected from the hot afternoon sun in hotter climates.10 Year Size: Height: 8-10 feet Width: 4-6 feet

Acer palmatum ‘Verkade’s Jacus Potus’ is among a rare category of Japanese maple called Sessilifolium. These Japanese maples are known for their thin, feather like leaves. ‘Verkade’s Jacus Potus’ has excellent colors on these unique leaves. The leaves emerge deep red in the spring. The leaves then turn to a yellowish green in the summer. New growth will be deep red again on top of the yellow-green foliage. ‘Verkade’s Jacus Potus’ then turns a bright red in the fall. 10 Year Size: Height: 6-8 feet Width: 4-6 feet

Acer palmatum ‘Koto ito Komachi’ is a small linearlobum found as a chance seedling and introduced by J.D. Vertrees. Most leaves have 5 lobes some have only 3. Young vigorous plants may have course foliage but older plants display the characteristic very fine almost hairlike foliage. Very rare in the nursery trade as their are many plants sold under this name that are not the same cultivar. The Japanese name means old 5 string harp. Komachi can also be a horticultural term for dwarf. Fall color is yellow to orange. 10 year size:  Height: 4-6 Feet   Width: 3-4 Feet

Acer palmatum ‘Baton Rouge’ is an excellent, mid-sized coral bark Japanese maple. ‘Baton Rouge’ will not get as large as the popular ‘Sango kaku’, but grows nearly as fast. ‘Baton Rouge’ is also as heat tolerant as any other coral bark Japanese maple. ‘Baton Rouge’ will have traditional green leaves from spring through the summer. In the fall the leaves will turn to a bright yellow to orange before dropping for the winter. In the winter the bark will shine bright red. ‘Baton Rouge’ has exceptional bark color that will rival any coral bark Japanese maple variety. 10 Year Size: Height: 10-12 feet Width: 4-6 feet

Acer palmatum ‘Aka shigitatsu sawa’ has amazing early spring variegation. Almost the entire leaf will be cream with undertones of red and dark green veins. The leaves will turn green in the summer but the veins will be darker. 'Aka shigitatsu sawa' will not tolerate afternoon sun in hot climates but should be placed where it can get 3-4 hours of morning sun because light is required to get the red tones to show up. This plant is slow to mature but will turn into a small round topped tree that will be almost as wide as tall.  Synonymous with 'Beni shigitatsu sawa' 10 year size:   Height: 7-9 Feet   Width: 5-7 Feet

Acer palmatum ‘First Ghost’ is another of the reticulated leaf form ghost series from Talon Buchholz. 'First Ghost' requires afternoon shade in most climates  and mostly shade in hotter areas. Growing more upright when young, with age it becomes as wide or wider than tall. 'First Ghost' boasts outstanding spring color that is predominately creamy white or yellow with dark veins and red margins. The variegation on 'First Ghost'  holds longer into the summer than any reticulated cultivar we grow. Fall color is bright orange to red. 10 Year Size: Height: 4-6 feet Width: 3-5 feet Spring Color: White and Yellow Summer Color: Green and White Fall Color: Orange Sun Tolerance: Shade Planting: Elevated, Well Drained Soil

Acer palmatum 'Nishiki yamato' is a fast growing Japanese maple that develops rough rough bark similar to a pine tree as it ages. 'Nishiki yamato' has bright green leaves in the spring that darken to a solid green in the summer. These leaves then turn to a bright orange to red in the fall. 'Nishiki yamato' is a very fast growing tree and develops its rough bark quicker than many other rough bark Japanese maples as well. 10 Year Size: Height: 8-10 feet   Width: 4-6 feet 

Acer palmatum ‘Ichigyoji’ is a green upright Japanese maple with large, broad leaves. ‘Ichigyoji’ is often considered the sister tree to ‘Osakazuki’ as they have many similarities including their large, broad leaves and bold, green color. ‘Ichigyoji’ also leafs out a pale orange color in the early spring similar to its sister, ‘Osakazuki’. The similarities don’t end with the leaves. The branching structures of these two trees are also similar in that ‘Ichigyoji’ shares ‘Osakazuki’s strong, stiff branches that give the tree an elegant shape that is endearing for a Japanese maple. The biggest difference in the two trees is the fall color. ‘Osakazuki’ is known for its bright reddish orange fall color that makes the tree look like it has been set ablaze. ‘Ichigyoji’ has a similarly stunning fall display, but it has a combination of yellows and oranges that create a vibrant, neon orange appearance. ‘Ichigyoji’ is a medium growing Japanese maple that should reach about 15 feet tall in 10 years.10 Year Size: Height: 14-16 feet Width: 6-8 feet

Probably the best variegated maple in our collection. New growth emerges as a show stopping collage of red, pink, orange, cream and green and holding these beautiful colors well into the summer before finally changing to a nice cream and green. Adding to the mystic is this approximate translation of Beni shichihenge, red variegated ghost that changes.  Fall color is a distinctive shade of orange. 'Beni shichihenge' grows as a beautiful vase shaped tree when young becoming more round topped with age. The overall appearance is open and graceful. 10 year size:  Height:  12-14 Feet    Width:  8-10 FeetSpring Color: Red, Pink, Orange, Cream and GreenSummer Color: Green, Cream, PinkFall Color: OrangeSun Tolerance: Full SunPlanting: Elevated, Well Drained Soil