Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Japanese Maples Wish List

Cal Maples has a lot of interesting japanese maples to buy.


Green Filigree Lace - Sunny


A rare and hard to find green dissectum with a soft pendulous form. New leaves emerge a light creamy green. Light emerald green in summer and a beautiful golden yellow in fall. Grows to 10 to 12 feet. Does very well in full sun and partial shade.






Waterfall - Green Lace Sunny

A mounding dissectum to an average of 5 feet tall. The foliage is a beautiful tone of green. Fall color is a yellowy-goldish color. Plant does exceptionally well in sun and shade. Branches on this cultivar grow in a cascading form.


Linearlobum - Green


This rarely seen cultivar has larger, much more open habit leaf than most straplike trees. Leaves are shorter and about 1/2 inch wide leaves. Produces beautiful red samaras in spring against its brilliant short straplike greenish leaves gives it a real contrast in any garden or container garden. In the fall, expect array colors of yellow and gold hues.


Orangeola - Red Lace

A beautiful cascading dissectum with spectacular orange and red leaves emerging in spring. Leaves turning reddish green through summer and in its mid summer growth leaves emerging orangish again. It is a vigorous grower. Mature height is 7 to 9 feet.






Shin Deshojo - Bright Red


One of the brightest fire-engine red colored leaves in the spring. In summer colors are a reddish-green with tiny markings of light cream or white. In fall, expect a beautiful array of reds and oranges. Reaches 10 feet high.






Beni Tsukasa - Red-Orange


This tree produces small leaves, which emerge a brillant red-orange and/or peach tones. Leaves change to shades of red and pink with greenish undertones. Sometimes leaves have a yellowish green veins running through the reddish-pink colors. Colors darken for summer with some minute varigations of diny light color dots. It can be used for container gardening or planted in the garden.

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