Fall color is stunning yellow to orange.Īcer palmatum Jeddeloh Orange. A perfect tree for a small spot in the garden. A slow-growing, mounded lace leaf with orange-red leaves that hold color well into summer. This tree needs protection from direct sunlight. Variegation includes shades of pink, red, cream and white. The basic leaf color is a purple-bronze tone. Variegated leaves emerge in spring with a kaleidoscope of color. This lace leaf will stop everyone dead in their tracks. The name in Japanese means "cute".Īcer palmatum Toyama nishiki. Fall color offers brilliant red and deep orange. Leaves are very small, often under 3 inches across. Kawaii has been proven to be much hardier than most lace leaf palmatum. This variety is thought to be a cross between acer palmatum and acer shirasawanum. As summer progresses the veins turn green creating an orange edged leaf. Kawaii leaves emerge in spring with beautiful plum-red with orange overtones. Branches weep heavily.Īcer shirasawanum Kawaii. Finely dissected green leaves are variegated with white, pink and red-a fantastic color show. This new lace leaf variety is quickly becoming one of the most sought-after palmtum varieties in recent years. I have often seen 2 year grafts with 3 ft branches.Īcer palmatum Hana matoi. This variety is also very popular because it is very fast growing. In autumn it shows wonderful shades of bright red and orange. Its extra lacy leaves emerge yellow-green in spring turning a nice dark green for summer. Emerald Lace is a wonderful, fast growing green lace leaf. This is one of my favorite lace leaf varieties!Īcer palmatum Emerald Lace. This rare tree has beautiful small lacy leaves that emerge orange-red in spring changing to green for summer with new summer leaves contrasting in red. During the summer, the orange-red new growth is an attractive color contrast to the darker bronze-green mature leaves.Īcer palmatum Chantilly Lace. The leaves emerge a reddish orange in the spring, becoming bronze-green for the summer, and turning orange-red to pink-red in the fall. The highly desirable Baby Lace is the first lace leaf witches broom to be discovered.The finely dissected leaves are half the size of normal dissectum leaves in the first year, becoming smaller with age until reduced to the size of a thumbnail. Possible hybrid between a palmatum and shirasawanum.Īcer palmatum Baby Lace.
Fall colors in shades of yellow to orange. It has tiny green lacy leaves in the shape of snowflakes. Elegant and attractive lace leaf selection!Īcer shirasawanum Green Snowflake. Leaf color emerges bright red turning dark red for summer. Slow growing with very finely dissected, feathery looking leaves. Red Feathers is a very cute little dwarf. The small flowers in early spring are wonderful but you must look closely to enjoy them.Īcer palmatum Red Feathers. This variety is also a heavy seed producer. Fall color is an outstanding orange-yellow. The brown color remains present, even when the brown-red evolves to green-red in summer. Small dissected leaves are colored an unusual brown-red in spring. A small lace leaf maple with a spreading habit.
These are truly wonderful varieties but there are many other noteworthy varieties that need some attention. The most common varieties found are Tamukeyama, Crimson Queen, Red Dragon, Inaba Shidare, and Garnet. You can find lace leaf Japanese maples for sale at most garden centers and nurseries across America. You can also stake up a leader branch and allow the secondary branches to weep down. As the tree matures, the twisting and gnarling branches take on a fascinating “oriental look”. Most lace leaf varieties have weeping and twisting branches that form a dome shape if left to grow on their own. The branch structure is also really beautiful. They also have sharply pointed teeth on the margins of the lobes. These maples are from the dissectum group, meaning they have leaf lobes that are deeply dissected all the way to the petiole. They are the aristocrat of landscape trees. Lace leaf Japanese Maple varieties are by far the most graceful and elegant and are often viewed as status symbols in our yards and neighborhoods.
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