Japanese Maple

The breathtaking colour and delicate shapes of a Japanese maple have long been a delight for gardeners and plant enthusiasts. For more than 300 years Japanese maples have been developed and selected for their beauty and variation of form and colour and are widely used as an outstanding specimen plant.

Varieties can be found to suit almost every landscape situation. There are dwarf forms with tiny leaves and bold, upright types with large leaves as well as variations in foliage colour not found in other trees and shrubs. There are several types of leaf shapes, from tiny, crinkled, strap-like, and lace-like to bold, broad and large.

Varieties of Japanese Maples

• Fernleaf Full Moon Japanese Maple (grows to 7-9m)
• Bloodgood Japanese Maple (grows to 3m)
• Boskoop Glory Japanese Maple (grows to 7m)
• Boskoop Red Japanese Maple (grows to 7m)
• Burgundy Flame Japanese Maple (grows to 5m)
• Burgundy Lace Japanese Maple (grows to 1-2m)
• Butterfly Japanese Maple (grows to 1-2m)
• Emperor I Japanese Maple (grows to 3m)
• Fireglow Japanese Maple (grows to 3m)
• Glowing Embers Japanese Maple (grows to 3m)
• Kashima Dwarf Japanese Maple (grows to 1m)
• Orido Nishiki Japanese Maple (grows to 3m)
• Osakazuki Japanese Maple (grows to 3m)
• Oshio Beni Japanese Maple (grows to 3m)
• Red Pygmy Japanese Maple (grows to 100cm)
• Coral Bark Japanese Maple (grows to 4m)
• Suminagashi Japanese Maple (grows to 4m)
• Trompenburg Japanese Maple (grows to 4m)
• Green Japanese Maple (grows to 3m)
• Golden Fullmoon Japanese Maple (grows to 3-4m)
• Gold Leaf Japanese Maple (grows to 3-4m)
• Heptalobum Rubrum Japanese Maple (grows to 5m)
• Shaina Japanese Maple (grows to 1.5-2m)
• Shojo Japanese Maple (grows to 3-5m)
• Ukigomo Japanese Maple (grows to 2-3m)
• Villa Taranto Japanese Maple (grows to 3m)
• Yubae Japanese Maple (grows to 4m)

Cutleaf Varieties

• Purple Laceleaf Japanese Maple (grows to 3m)
• Forever Red Cutleaf Japanese Maple (grows to 150cm)
• Crimson Queen Japanese Maple (grows to 3m)
• Garnet Cutleaf Japanese Maple (grows to 3m)
• Seiryu Cutleaf Japanese Maple (grows to 3m)
• Green Cutleaf Japanese Maple (grows to 2m)
• Atropurpureum (red-green) Japanese Maple (grows to 2-3m)
• Ever Red Japanese Maple (grows to 3m)
• Inaba Shidare (Leaves of Rice) Japanese Maple (grows to 3m)
• Viridis Aoba Shidare Japanese Maple (grows to 3m)
• Red Dragon Japanese Maple (grows to 2-3m)
• Red Select Japanese Maple (grows to 3m)
• Tamukeyama Japanese Maple (grows to 3m)
• Waterfall Japanese Maple (grows to 3m)

Japanese Maples can be grown in a Zone 5, however, Expertrees has had success in planting Japanese maples as far north as Collingwood , Ontario . All Japanese maples, whether in Zone 5 or further north, should be protected with burlap during the winter months every year. Japanese Maples do well when planted in a sun- or partial-shade garden. Note that some of the more tender-leaf varieties do slightly better in partial shade, out of the direct heat and scorching sunlight.