New Trees for 2026

Dear Friends and Fellow Gardeners,

Something lovely is taking root.

Each garden has its own story. We are happy to introduce 59 new Japanese maples, each with its own color, shape, and character as the seasons change. Wander through the photographs, and follow any tree that catches your eye to its page.

Explore the collection

Hogyoku · glowing autumn color

59cultivars to discover

10sections

4 seasonsof color and character

Find your kind of maple

Exceptional New Introductions and Rare Finds

1 trees

In the garden

1 photographs

Usugumo Japanese maple — Usugumo

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The trees

1 cultivars

Usugumo

Japanese Maples for Brilliant Spring Color

11 trees

In the garden

11 photographs

Abigail Rose Japanese maple — Abigail Rose

Japanese maple showing red spring leaves. Japanese maple — Beni maiko

Bonfire Japanese maple — Bonfire

Japanese maple showing pale green spring leaves. Japanese maple — Aka kawa hime

Akane Japanese maple — Akane

Amagi shigure Japanese maple — Amagi shigure

Corallinum Japanese maple — Corallinum

Orange Dream Japanese maple — Orange Dream

Sunglow Japanese maple — Sunglow

Tsuma beni Japanese maple — Tsuma beni

Japanese maple with tiny bright pink leaves Japanese maple — Wilson’s Pink Dwarf

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The trees in this section

11 cultivars

Japanese Maples for Rich Red Summer Color

6 trees

In the garden

6 photographs

Fireglow Japanese maple — Fireglow

Moonfire Japanese maple — Moonfire

Oshio beni Japanese maple — Oshio beni

Rhode Island Red Japanese maple — Rhode Island Red

Shojo nomura Japanese maple — Shojo nomura

Trompenburg Japanese maple — Trompenburg

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The trees in this section

6 cultivars

Dramatic Fall Color and Winter Bark Interest

9 trees

In the garden

9 photographs

Japanese maple showing orange fall leaves. Japanese maple — Hogyoku

Osakazuki Japanese maple — Osakazuki

Beni kawa Japanese maple — Beni kawa

Bihou Japanese maple — Bihou

Fairy Lights Japanese maple — Fairy Lights

Red bark with pink spring leaves. Japanese maple — Little Sango

Japanese maple with large dissected leaves Japanese maple — Maiku jaku

Ukon Japanese maple — Ukon

Yama kagi Japanese maple — Yama kagi

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The trees in this section

9 cultivars

Buchholz Ghost Series

3 trees

In the garden

3 photographs

Amber Ghost Japanese maple — Amber Ghost

Japanese maple showing iridescent reddish purple spring leaves. Japanese maple — Purple Ghost

Uncle Ghost Japanese maple — Uncle Ghost

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The trees in this section

3 cultivars

Wide Spreading with Deeply Divided Leaves

2 trees

In the garden

2 photographs

Elmwood Japanese maple — Elmwood

Inazuma Japanese maple — Inazuma

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The trees in this section

2 cultivars

Weeping and Cascading Laceleaf Japanese Maples

7 trees

In the garden

5 photographs

Jiro shidare Japanese maple — Jiro shidare

Orangeola Japanese maple — Orangeola

Japanese maple with small intricately incised leaves Japanese maple — Seiryu

Spring Delight Japanese maple — Spring Delight

Japanese maple with deep red dissected foliage Japanese maple — Red Dragon

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The trees in this section

7 cultivars

Beni shidareProduct page coming soon
Falling StarProduct page coming soon
Jiro shidare
Orangeola
Seiryu
Spring Delight
Red Dragon

Dwarf Japanese Maples

10 trees

In the garden

8 photographs

Fujiama Japanese maple — Fujiama

O jishi Japanese maple — O jishi

Japanese maple showing red spring leaves. Japanese maple — Beni hime

Japanese Princess Japanese maple — Japanese Princess

Japanese maple with narrower lobed foliage Japanese maple — Lima Gold

Japanese maple showing pale green leaves. Japanese maple — Mikawa yatsubusa

Japanese maple showing pale green spring leaves. Japanese maple — Murasaki kiyohime

Shishi yatsubusa Japanese maple — Shishi yatsubusa

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The trees in this section

10 cultivars

English TownProduct page coming soon
Fujiama
O jishi
Beni hime
Japanese Princess
Kiyohime yatsubusaProduct page coming soon
Lima Gold
Mikawa yatsubusa
Murasaki kiyohime
Shishi yatsubusa

Variegated Japanese Maples

7 trees

In the garden

6 photographs

Aka shigitatsu sawa Japanese maple — Aka shigitatsu sawa

Gwen’s Rose Delight Japanese maple — Gwen’s Rose Delight

Butterfly Japanese maple — Butterfly

Mikazuki Japanese maple — Mikazuki

Orida nishiki Japanese maple — Orida nishiki

Sagara nishiki Japanese maple — Sagara nishiki

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The trees in this section

7 cultivars

Japanese Maples with Unusual Features

3 trees

In the garden

3 photographs

Aureum Japanese maple — Aureum

Jordan Japanese maple — Jordan

Ryusen Japanese maple — Ryusen

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The trees in this section

3 cultivars

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