JAPANESE LACELEAF maples (Acer palmatum var. ‘Dissectum’) are among the loveliest trees in the Puget Sound region. These gorgeous trees thrive in our climate, and their graceful, cascading ...

More and more gardeners are creating colourful landscapes using foliage rather than flowers. Japanese maple trees are especially useful in this context for providing beautiful colour as well as ...

Other valuable Dissectum cultivars — all with AGMs — are ‘Ornatum ... Over the centuries, the ingenuity of Japanese gardeners has developed Acer palmatum into galaxies of forms and cultivars and ...

It isn’t as dwarf as the popular Acer palmatum dissectum, but grows very slowly, eventually reaching around 20ft. to keep it smaller, grow it in a container to restrict the roots.

Acer palmatum 'Dissectum Garnet' is one such - its leaves are the colour of a garnet gemstone, turning more scarlet in autumn. It will only grow to about two metres in height over 20 years so will ...

Japanese maple. Grows in cascading multiple layers with a twisting trunk. Deep red foliage. The lacey leaves turn bright scarlet in the autumn.

What: Acer palmatum ‘Shindeshojo’ is one of the few Japanese maples grown for the spring foliage color rather than the fall color. ‘Shindeshojo’ amazes with a shocking early season show.