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Leaves are palmate, purple in the spring, green in full summer sun. New growth is vibrant pink-red with bright yellow veins in the shade. Very tender.
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A more refined box elder with brilliant red fall color.
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A yellow-twig boxelder! Brilliant gold twigs in winter, grows fast and can be cut back to any size.
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Selected for its rough, corky bark, this unique, green leaf Japanese maple gradually develops creases, cracks and other irregularities as it matures. The vigorous, upright tree makes an interesting bonsai specimen. Small to medium green leaves change to rich yellow-gold in fall.
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Among the most popular of the large-leaved, red-purple Japanese maples, this industry standard holds its color very well into the late summer. Deeply divided and finely toothed leaves go bright crimson in fall. Prominent, bright red fruits ornament the tree too. Best color in full sun.
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This vigorous, deep purple-red Japanese maple resembles 'Bloodgood,' but has better leaf color retention, and the advantage of leafing out two weeks later. A hardy, upright tree with a broad canopy, it makes a striking focal point in the large landscape. In fall, foliage turns dark crimson.
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Sturdy and hardy, this upright, spreading Japanese maple (about 16' tall x 13' wide) produces large, deeply divided leaves of rich purple-red over dark green. Later in summer, foliage goes bronze, then flashes into brilliant orange and reds in fall.
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Leaves emerge with orange and red highlights before they turn green. The very clean green leaves have red petioles. Fall colors are vibrant reds and yellows.
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Popular since the late nineteenth century, this tried and true Japanese maple has large, green, slightly cupped leaves for which it is named. ('O sakazuki' means "leaf like a sake cup.") The round-topped, small tree boasts a sturdy constitution and outstanding fall color, an especially intense, glowing crimson. For most of the growing season, the neatly layered leaves are rich green.
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Contrasting veins and crumpled margins give the foliage of this semi-upright Japanese maple a distinctive look. In spring, the red leaves display dark purple veins; in summer, the leaves darken to red-purple and veins are less noticeable; in fall, the leaves change to bright oranges and reds.
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This unusual green Japanese maple has an incredibly pendulous habit, with slender, weeping shoots growing as much as six feet a year! Trained to a desired height, the selection cascades much more intensely than 'Jiro shidare,' which used to be considered the most remarkable weeping broadleaf. Palm-shaped spring leaves emerge yellow-green, change to dark green during summer, and end with orange to red in fall. This is likely the same as 'Ryusen'.
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Surprise! This unique laceleaf Japanese maple has an upright, not cascading, form. Its lacy leaves emerge green with red highlights, then become light green by summer. On exposed leaves, red margins appear. Striking fall colors include tones of red, orange and yellow. The name of this highly regarded tree means "blue-green dragon." Dissectum.
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This dwarf Japanese maple, discovered as a witches broom on Aoyagi, offers dramatic four-season interest with flashy foliage and striking bark. New spring leaves emerge yellow-green, turn bright green during summer and golden yellow for fall. In winter, the compact tree's intensely green bark brightens otherwise gray days. Great for container or front of border, it rarely reaches six feet.
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This fantastic purple-red upright Japanese maple is our favorite large red cultivar. It has unusual glossy leaves with deeply separated, rolled lobes that look like hands with fingers spread wide. The tree contributes a rich, showy color that lasts through the summer and into fall, when leaves brighten to crimson.
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Described by F.L. Temple as "exhibiting towering shafts of foliage" - heavily contrasting the spreading habit of the species. This tree is about 3' wide when 30' tall, unbelievably narrow. This is likely the same variety as 'Temple's Upright' and there is some confusion between this variety and 'Monumentale' - both of which are unbelievably narrow. 'Newton Sentry' has major and minor vertical branches with short, stubby lateral branches - in sum, this trees is incredible, and although it has been around since the 1860's it is RARELY seen as it is very difficult to propagate. A necessity in any serious collection.
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