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11/12/99

Acer palmatum--Japanese Maple


Hardiness Zones: 5 to 8
Height: 20 ft Spread: 20 ft Form: rounded
Type: deciduous shrub or small tree
Annual Growth Rate: less than 12 inches

Comments: Japanese maple cultivars provide interesting
variations in leaf color and pattern (Vis. 22) but most are
slow growers. A tendency to leaf out early makes these
maples susceptible to spring frosts. Protect them from
drying winds and direct sun.

Cultivars:
'Aka shigatatsu sawa' - Yellowish-green leaves have dark
green veins.
'Ao kanzashi' - A bush plant with small leaves.
'Aoyagi' - The bark is green throughout the year.
'Atrolinear'('Willow Leaf') - Long, narrow-lobed leaves
are red-orange in color on an upright tree.
atropurpureum - Seedlings vary in size, color and leaf
shape. Usually a vigorous, red-leaved (Vis. 1),
upright plant.
'Aureum' - The foliage is yellow with red margins on new
growth.
'Beni fushigi' - The dissected leaves are red and
twisted.
'Beni hime' - A tiny shrub with orange-red foliage.
'Beni komachi' - Long leaf lobes are curled, the foliage
is red.
'Beni maiko' - Red foliage.
'Beni schichihenge' - The leaves are orange with white
margins on a small tree.
'Beni tsukasa' - The leaves are red, pink, yellow and
green.
'Bloodgood' - A popular upright cultivar with large,
deep red leaves (Vis. 2). The leaves are red in spring
but become purple in summer. The seeds (Vis. 3) have
red wings and the fall color is crimson.
'Burgundy Lace' - A small, low-branched, spreading tree
with red, deeply-divided leaves that have serrated
edges. The fall color is red.
'Butterfly' - A small tree with blue-green leaves
variegated (Vis. 4) with white and a hint of pink. In
the fall, the white margins turn bright magenta. Grow
in full sun or light shade.
'Chiba' - A small, globe-shaped tree with tiny leaves.
Useful in containers.
'Chishio' - Only four feet tall, this twiggy plant has
red new growth which turns green in summer and then
red in the fall. Provide protection from winter
winds.
'Corallinum' - A small, tree with changing foliage
color; pink in the spring, green with slight speckled
variations in summer and red in the fall.
'Crimson Prince' - A hardy selection with more vigor
and a deeper red color than 'Bloodgood'.
'Deshojo' - An upright tree with bright red new foliage
that turns green, red fall color
dissectum 'Crimson Queen' - A mounding plant with
finely dissected foliage (Vis. 11) that retains its red
color during the summer.
dissectum 'Ever Red' - A red-leaved cultivar (Vis. 12),
with finely dissected leaves (Vis. 13).
dissectum 'Filigree' - The leaves are edged with white
and yellow. A gold fall color.
dissectum 'Flavescens' - The weeping tree (Vis. 14) has
cut leaves (Vis. 15) that turn yellow to orange in the
fall. The tree will be 6 feet tall and 8 feet wide.
dissectum 'Garnet' - A spreading plant with large,
garnet-colored leaves.
dissectum 'Germaine's' - A green dissectum with
slightly twisting branches, becoming wider than tall.
dissectum 'Green Lace' - A small plant with cut, green
leaves.
dissectum 'Irish Lace' - New leaves are bright pink.
dissectum 'Red Filigree Lace' - A slow-growing, maple
with maroon, thread-like foliage throughout the
growing season.
dissectum ('Red Select') 'Inaba shidare' - A vigorous
laceleaf (Vis. 16) with purple leaves through the
summer (Vis. 17) then turning bright red in the fall.
dissectum 'Red Dragon' - This 5-foot plant has purple
foliage through the growing season. The foliage is
bright red in autumn.
dissectum 'Seiryu' - An upright, (Vis. 18) green-leaved
cultivar with a yellow and red fall (Vis. 19) color.
dissectum 'Stella Rossa' - The red foliage color is held
throughout the summer.
dissectum 'Tamukeyama' - A weeping, cut leaf form with
purple foliage (Vis. 20) that turns red in the fall.
The plant will be 8 feet tall and 12 feet wide.
dissectum 'Variegatum' - The green leaves have white
variegations.
dissectum 'Viridis' - A mound form (Vis. 21) with bright
green leaves (Vis. 24) and a yellow and red fall color.
'Emperor I' - A vigorous red-leaved cultivar.
'Fireglow' - An upright cultivar with bright red
foliage throughout the summer.
'Goshiki kotohime' - A dwarf with pink variegations on
the new growth.
'Hagoromo' - This ten-foot tall plant plant has green,
feathery leaves that turn yellow and orange in the
fall.
'Hanami nishiki' - A dwarf, the yellowish-green leaves
have red margins.
'Higasyama' - Each leaf lobe has a white and pink margin
that turns orange or red in the fall.
'Hogyoku' - Brilliant orange fall color.
'Iijima sunago' - The leaves are orange-red with green
veins during the growing season. In the fall the leaves
turn purplish-brown with green spots.
'Inazuma' - Spring foliage is purplish-red becoming green
in summer and then red in fall.
'Kagiri nishiki' - An vase-shaped tree with small pink
and white variegated leaves.
'Kamagata' - A dwarf, the green leaves have red edges.
'Karasugawa' - The new growth light pink with older
leaves mottled white and pink. The stems are also
pink and cream, somewhat tender.
'Kasagiyama' - Red foliage is deeply divide.
'Katsura' - Small, five-lobed leaves are yellow-orange,
turning green. Fall color is yellow and orange.
'Kiyohime' A dwarf with green leaves.
'Koshimino' - Feathery green leaves turn orange and
yellow in the fall.
'Linearilobum' - Narrow, lobed, green leaves.
'Moonfire' - This upright plant will reach a height and
spread of 15 feet. The foliage (Vis. 5) is deep
purple.
'Nuresagi' - Purplish red leaves.
'O kagami' - A ten-foot tall plant. The new growth is
reddish, turns dark red until late summer then
becomes green before turning red in the fall.
'Ogon sarasa' - Red leaves have green veins, fall color
is yellow and red.
'Ojishi' - Small green leaves turn orange and yellow in
fall.
'Okushimo' ('Crispa') - A narrow upright tree with
intense golden fall color. Good for narrow sites.
'Omurayama' - A weeping growth habit is combined with red
and yellow fall color.
'Orido Nishiki' - Upright plant has green, cream, pink
and white (Vis. 26) variegations in spring.
'Oshio-beni' - A medium-sized, upright tree with bright
red leaves that turn scarlet in the fall.
'Osakazuki' - An upright tree with with large, seven-
lobed leaves that are bright red in the fall.
'Red Pygmy' - A broad tree with narrow, maroon leaves.
Branches producing the large, palmate-type leaves
will produce the narrower leaves the following year.
'Sango-kaku' - (Coral Bark Maple) - An upright cultivar
(Vis. 7) with coral-red bark and yellow fall color.
(Vis. 6)
'Shaina' - This cultivar originated as a witch's broom
on a 'Bloodgood'. It has dark-red leaves and a
dense, layered look.
'Sharp's Pygmy' - A miniature (Vis. 9) that originated as
a seedling selection from the Sharp Nursery, Boring
Oregon. A compact, (Vis. 8) densely branched, rounded
shrub with deep red fall foliage color.
'Sherwood Flame' - A vigorous, small tree with deeply
divided, red leaves. A selection by Will Curtis,
Sherwood, Oregon.
'Shigitatsu sawa' - A small tree yellowish-green leaves
that have prominent green veins and green speckling.
The fall leaf color is red.
'Shindeshojo' - A small tree only 6 feet tall. The
foliage is red in the spring, becoming green with
white flecks in summer then turning red and orange in
autumn.
'Shishigashira' - Upright branches bear dark green,
crinkled leaves that turn bright orange in late fall.
'Shojo nomura' - A cascading growth habit, reddish
foliage.
'Shinonome' - New leaves or orange-red, become dark red
and then orange-red in the fall.
'Suminagashi' - The deeply-lobed leaves are various
shades of purplish red to maroon throughout the
growing season.
'Tobiosho' - An upright tree with scarlet fall color.
A 1982 selection by Iseli Nursery.
'Trompenburg' - A vigorous tree with purple-red leaves.
'Tsukushigata' - The leaves are dark purplish-red.
'Tsuma gaki' - A small tree with yellow-green leaves
tipped with red.
'Ukigumo' - The green leaves have white and (Vis. 25)
pink variegation.
'Ukon' - Yellowish-green leaves turn yellow in the fall.
'Vandermossred' - (Christyann TM) - The finely cut
leaves are purple during the growing season. The
plant reaches a height and spread of 5 feet.
'Vandermossuper' - (Fascination TM) - This rounded
plant reaches a height and spread of 16 feet. The
large, green leaves (Vis. 10) turn orange in fall.
'Villa Taranto' - Thin leaves are reddish when young but
become green with age.
'Volubile' - Small green leaves turn bright crimson and
yellow in the fall.
'Waterfall' - The cascading branches are produced on a
slow-growing tree that will be 8 feet tall and 10
feet wide. The fall color is yellow.
'Willow Leaf' - Long, narrow leaf lobes are orange-red.
'Yezo nishiki' - Reddish-purple leaves darken with age
and then turn scarlet in fall.
'Yugure' - The divided leaves are red in spring, become
orange-green in summer and the reddish-orange in fall.

References for Cultivars: Iseli 1999, Princeton Nurseries
1997, Lake County Nursery 1999, Weston Nurseries 1999, J
Frank Schmidt and Son 1999, Monrovia Nursery Company 1997,
Ray Wiegand's Nursery 1999, Wayside Gardens 1999, Sheridan
Nurseries 1999, Studebaker Nurseries 1999, Berryhill
Nurseries 1999, Gee Farms 1999, Willoway Nurseries 1999,
Carlton Plants 1999.


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