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JAPANESE MAPLES

 

Late winter glory of the Coral Bark Japanese Maple

(Acer palmatum Sango Kaku)

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            Fall color of the Lion's Head Japanese Maple

                      (Acer palmatum 'Shishigashira')

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                 New spring growth of Moonrise Fullmoon Maple

                                                                    (Acer shirasawanum 'Moonrise')

                                                        

 

For hundreds of years, gardeners have treasured and admired Japanese Maples.  Prized for the seemingly endless variety of growth habits, Japanese Maples offer us some of the most beautiful plants in the world.  With foliage varying from delicate lacy leaves, to bold star-shaped purple leaves, to variegated leaves blending greens, pinks, and white, and with branching patterns that show off fantastic winter silhouettes, Japanese Maples compliment any landscape.

All Japanese Maples are fairly easy to grow--requiring well-drained soils.  They are cold hardy in our area but will perform better if planted in locations not directly exposed to cold winter winds. Red leaved varieties should be planted in sunny locations to draw out the best color--at the same time, if these can be planted in locations receiving some afternoon shade and protection from the hot afternoon summer sun, the red color will not fade and wash out as much.  Variegated varieties should be planted in locations that are also shaded during the afternoon.

 

Ambleside carries a wide selection of Japanese Maples including the ever popular Bloodgood Red Maple (Acer palmatum 'Bloodgood') as well as the following lesser known varieties-

 

Acer palmatum Koto no Ito

Acer palmatum 'Koto no Ito'  Koto no Ito Japanese Maple.  Striking green Japanese Maple with long, lacy narrow leaves that present a wonderful airy appearance.  Upright grower to around 20 feet with a spread to 15 feet.  Great yellow autumn color.  Japanese name translated means 'harp strings.' Shown here during early

spring with both new leaves and flowers.

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Acer palmatum Higasayama

 

Acer palmatum 'Higasayama'  Higasayama Japanese Maple.  Unusual tree with a unique variegated pattern.  Leaves are green with even white margins that start pink as leaves emerge in the spring.  The red color along the margins returns in the fall.  Best planted with protection from afternoon sun.  Upright grower to about 20 feet with a spread of about 15 feet.  Pictured above with spring foliage.

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Acer palmatum Shigitatsu-sawa

 

Acer palmatum 'Shigitatsu-sawa'  Shigitatsu sawa Japanese Maple.  Very unusual green veined leaves.  Smaller growing than most Japanese Maples with a mature height of about 15 feet and a width of about 10', this tree should also be planted in locations shaded from hot afternoon sun.

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Acer palmatum Orido nishiki

Acer palmatum 'Orido Nishiki'  Orido Nishiki Japanese Maple.  Striking variegated new leaves of pink, white, and green.  By summer, the pink color slowly changes to white.  Leaf variegation is best when this tree is grown in a location with afternoon shade.  Upright grower to about 20 feet with a spread of about 15 feet.

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Acer palmatum 'Aka kawa hime'  Aka kawa hime Japanese Maple.  Translated name is "small red bark."  Dwarf form of the popular Coral Bark maple (Acer palmatum Sango Kaku) retaining all of the same characteristics--yellow green summer foliage giving into brilliant gold autumn foliage followed by striking red stems during the winter months.  Grows to about 8', and is suited to smalled gardens.

Acer palmatum 'Aka Shigitatsu sawa'  Shigitatsu sawa Japanese Maple.  Red foliage with prominent dark green veins.  Color variegation persists into summer when planted in shaded locations.  Ancient Japanese translation is "red snipes over a winter marsh!".

This is a small spreading tree growing to about 15 feet with an equal width.

Acer palmatum 'Alpenweiss' Alpenweiss Japanese Maple.  Small tree or large shrub growing to about 10' with striking variegations of pink and white over light green leaves.

Variegation is most prominent during the spring persisting into summer when planted with afternoon shade.

Spring growth of Acer palmatum 'Alpenweiss'

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Acer palmatum 'Aoba jo'  Aoba jo Japanese Maple.  Compact, green leaved dwarf form growing to about 5' in height with an equal width.  Yellow fall color with red tinge.  Good subject for bonsai. 

Acer palmatum 'Aocha nishiki'  Aocha nishiki Japanese Maple.  Translated name means

"yellow green brocade."  Green leaved upright grower with yellow-green stems and occasional variegation of lighter yellow green patterns on the leaves.  Grows to about 15'.

Acer palmatum 'Aratama'  Aratama Japanese Maple.  Compact shrub form with red spring foliage slowly giving into purple-green tones in summer.  Grows to about 6' in height with a width of about 4'.  Sometimes available in topgraft form creating a small tree.  Name translated means "uncut gem."

Acer palmatum 'Beni hime' Beni hime Japanese Maple.  Dwarf grower rarely reaching more than 4' both in width and in height.  Spring foliage is red becoming greener during summer.  Translated name is "red dwarf."   Great plant for bonsai.

 

                                                 Acer palmatum 'Beni Hime'

during late spring

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Acer palmatum 'Wou Nishiki'  Wou Nishiki Japanese Maple.  Upright grower with small green leaves tinged with red along the magins.

Acer palmatum 'Scolopendrifolium'  Strap leaved Japanese Maple  Upright growing green leaved variety with narrow leaves and beautiful branching structures.

Acer palmatum 'Peaches and Cream'  Peaches and Cream Japanese Maple.  Compact growing shrub or small tree with beautiful variegations of pink, cream, and green.  Best planted with protection from hot afternoon sun.

Acer palmatum 'Peaches & Cream'

with new spring growth

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Acer palmatum ' Nuresagi'  Nuresagi Japanese Maple.  Japanese name translates to 'Wet Heron.'  Vigorous upright red leaved variety with a narrower habit than that of Bloodgood.

Acer japonicum 'Aconitifolium'  Fernleaf Fullmoon Japanese Maple.  Small spreading tree with unusual dissected green leaves and fabulous fall colors or reds, yellows, and oranges.

Acer palmatum 'Twombley's Red Sentinel'  Red Sentinel Japanese Maple.  Narrow, upright form of the Bloodgood Maple.

Acer palmatum 'Coralinum'  Coralinum Japanese Maple.  Shrub form growing to about 8 feet in height with equal width.  Brilliant shrimp-pink spring foliage becomes green during summer months.

Acer palmatum 'Coralinum'

with new spring growth

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Acer palmatum 'Sharp's Pygmy'  Sharp's Pygmy Japanese Maple.  Small rounded shrub with tiny green leaves becoming orange in fall--suitable as a bonsai subject.

Acer palmatum 'Burgundy Lace'  Burgundy Lace Japanese Maple.  Upright grower with red leaves more finely cut than those of the Bloodgood Maple.

Acer palmatum 'Red Emperor'  Red Emperor Japanese Maple.  Vigorous upright grower very similar to the popular Bloodgood Maple with new leaves emerging 2 weeks later.

Acer palmatum 'Okushimo' Okushimo Japanese Maple. Upright tree with green leaves curled in tube like fashion.

Acer palmatum 'Butterfly' Butterfly Japanese Maple. Small tree with dainty variegated green and white leaves. 

Best planted in shaded locations.

Acer palmatum 'Shishigashira' Shishigashira Japanese Maple .The famous "Lion's Head" Maple.  Stiffly

upright branching habit with green

stems.   Crinkly green leaves turn gold in autumn.  One of the most famous of the Japanese Maples as this has been cultivated in Japan for many years.

Acer palmatum 'Beni Komachi' Beni Komachi Japanese Maple. Dwarf small shrub or tree with tiny red leaves.  Protect from wind and plant with afternoon shade.

Acer palmatum 'Osakazuki' Osakazuki Japanese Maple. Upright grower with green leaves becoming fiery scarlet in fall.

Acer palmatum 'Kiyohime' Kiyohime Japanese Maple. Dwarf form suitable for bonsai.

Horizontal branching habit with small lime green leaves--sometimes available in topgrafted form.

Acer palmatum 'Kiyohime'

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Acer palmatum 'Kotohime' Kotohime Japanese Maple. Diminutive cultivar--a natural bonsai.  Red spring foliage becoming green during summer, and orange red in fall.

Acer palmatum 'Shaina' Shaina Japanese Maple. Dwarf form, a witches' broom (or sport) of Bloodgood.

Acer palmatum 'Seiryu'  Seriyu Japanese Maple. Unique upright grower with dissected leaves.  Lacy green leaves become red and yellow orange in the fall.  Translated name is "Blue Green Dragon".

 

        

                                       Seiryu Japanese Maple in fall color

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Acer palmatum 'Sango Kaku' Sango Kaku or Coral Bark Japanese Maple. Small tree with coral colored bark.  Green leaves turn golden in fall--fabulous red bark during winter.

Acer palmatum 'Hogyoku' Hogyoku Japanese Maple. Unique fall color of pumpkin orange.  Upright grower with green leaves and yellow green stems.

Acer shirasawanum 'Moonrise' Moonrise Full Moon Maple.   Newly patented variety with chartreuse leaves topped with carmine new growth.  Best planted with afternoon shade to avoid summer leaf scorch. 

Acer shirawawanum 'Palmatifolium' Palmate-leaved Full Moon Japanese Maple.  Upright grower with green leaves and beautiful fall foliage of reds, yellows, and oranges.

Acer shirasawanum 'Autumn Moon'  Autumn Moon Full Moon Japanese Maple.  Spreading tree with yellow foliage tinged with pink.  Plant in shaded location to avoid summer leaf scorch.

Acer shirasawanum 'Autumn Moon'

with new spring foliage

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Acer palmatum 'Kamagata' Kamagata Japanese Maple.  Small green leaved variety with red tinge in spring.  Grown usually as a shrub and often available as a small tree.

Acer palmatum 'Ukigumo' Ukigumo or Floating Cloud Japanese Maple.  Green leaved variety with white variegation.  Plant in shaded location.

 

Acer palmatum 'Ukigumo'

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Acer palmatum 'Ueno Yama'  Ueno Yama Japanese Maple.  Upright variety with unique orange new foliage becoming green during the year.

Acer japonicum 'Oisami'  Full Moon Maple.  Larger growing tree with large olive green leaves and orange red fall color.

                                                                                                

Acer palmatum 'Beni Otake'  Beni Otake Japanese Maple.  Translated name means "Big Red Bamboo".  Upright grower with narrow red leaves.

Acer palmatum 'Ogon Sarasa'  Ogon Sarasa Japanese Maple.  Upright grower with interesting orange red leaves with green veins.  Summer color becomes bronze green with orange red returning in the fall.  Translated name is "Gold Calico Cloth".

Acer palmatum 'Purple Ghost'  Purple Ghost Japanse Maple.  One of the "Ghost" family of Japanese Maples newly introduced by Buchholz Nursery in Oregon.  Reticulated leaves with dark purple green veins over red leaves create an almost translucent effect.  Best in afternoon shade.

Acer palmatum 'Trompenburg'  Trompenburg Japanese Maple.  Vigorous upright grower with red leaves.  Unusual leaves with lobes rolled inward almost forming tubes.

 

Acer palmatum 'Trompenburg'

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Ambleside also carries different varieties of the popular dissectums--Weeping Japanese Red Maples.  Of these varieties, we expect to have Red Dragon, Red Select, Crimson Queen, Inaba Shidare, and Tamukeyama.  Three green leaved varieties, Acer palmatum dissectum 'Ornatum,' Acer palmatum dissectum 'Watnong,' and Acer japonicum 'Green Cascade' provide fabulous orange to red fall color.

Though not classified as a Japanese Maple,  another noteworthy small ornamental tree is the Paperbark Maple (Acer Griseum).  This tree is prized for its brilliant red to crimson fall foliage and unique exfoliating cinnamon-like bark.

 

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