Rich Red Maples for Summer Color

by Patricia Smyth November 20, 2018

Shades of red throughout the seasons, from bright cherry red in spring to deep chocolate red summer and scarlet in the fall, these trees bring dramatic impact to the garden year round.

Adrian's Compact

Small red compact shrub

Beni Hoshi

Small star shaped leaves emerge ruby red in spring small upright form

Fireglow

Best of the smaller red maples, truly glows in the sun

Oshio Beni

Orange-red summer, heat tolerant, wide canopy

O Kagami

Deep red big palmate leaf, wide form

Iijima Sunago

Rosy in spring, milk chocolate with spotted variegation and green vein in summer, orange red in fall

Moonfire

Very dark red, black bark, curving branches

Tsukushigata

Chocolate brown leaf w/ green vein,green bark,

Suminagashi

Dark red deeply divided leaves, upright ,green bark

Yasemin

Acer shirasuwanum cross, deep red leaf, undulating form

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