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Coral Bark Japanese Maple

I love the beautiful contrasting color on a Coral Bark Japanese Maple, especially in the spring. This one I have in a container and the bright new growth is a perfect contrast for the glowing red bark. Do you have a favorite Japanese Maple? Ukigumo for me!

Koto No Ito

I love the delicate and narrow leaves on this maple Koto No Ito, which translates to ‘harp strings’ in English. As they uncurl they seem to be filling with life like a butterfly from a chrysalis. This tree reaches 6 feet in 10 years and turns golden yellow in the fall.

Goshiki kotohime

This dwarf Japanese Maple has pink leaves emerging in spring, changing to green in summer and yellow/orange in the fall. Three seasons of color, better than most perennials! The leaves are dense, small and crinkled, creating a unique texture in the garden. Reaching only 5 feet and slow growing, this tree is great for containers or bonsai.

Everred Laceleaf Maple

The new foliage on this maple is soft and powdery. This is another small tree, but with delicate weeping branches. The leaves hold onto their beautiful glowing red throughout the summer. Japanese maples, you can’t just have one!

If winter is a plain old c-scale on the piano, then the coral bark Japanese Maple is a vibrant jazzy number that shoots and shouts. It gets your attention and takes your notice, especially now when surrounded by a dull winter-scape. Also known as ‘Sango kaku’ (coral tower in Japanese) this variety of Acer palmatum is an outstanding specimen tree that has upright growth to 25 feet tall. It spreads to 20 feet and the new growth sings a bright coral-colored song. The small 5-7 lobed leaves are vivid green in spring with a red-tinged edge, turning yellow-gold in autumn. Red and green colors contrast well together at Christmas and on this maple as well, and winter is the season when this tree gets it’s encore. ’Beni kawa’ is a similar variety of coral bark that leafs out later and has slower growth, reaching only 10 feet in 10 years. Japanese maples have such variety in size, shape, color and form. Could it be the perfect tree? Look around and you will hear them everywhere.

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