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For hundreds
of years, gardeners have treasured and admired Japanese Maples. Prized for
the seemingly endless variety of growth habits, Japanese Maples offer us some
of the most beautiful plants in the world. With foliage varying from delicate
lacy leaves, to bold star-shaped purple leaves, to variegated leaves blending
greens, pinks, and white, and with branching patterns that show off fantastic
winter silhouettes, Japanese Maples compliment any landscape.
All Japanese Maples
are fairly easy to grow--requiring well-drained soils.
Both red leaved and variegated varieties need sun to bring
out the best color, although some protection from hot afternoon
summer sun will help slow fading and prevent leaf scorch.
Ambleside
carries a wide selection of Japanese Maples including the
ever popular Bloodgood Red Maple (Acer palmatum
'Bloodgood') as well as the following lesser known
varieties--

Acer
palmatum Beni Hime
Acer
palmatum 'Beni Hime'
Beni Hime Japanese Maple. Slow growing smaller variety
suitable for bonsai. Older green leaves are background
for newer leaves opening dark red throughout the year.
Red fall color. Rarely seen variety growing to about
5' in both height and width. Best grown with some
protection from afternoon sun.

Acer
palmatum Koto no Ito
Acer
palmatum 'Koto no Ito' Koto
no Ito Japanese Maple. Striking green Japanese Maple
with long, lacy narrow leaves that present a wonderful airy
appearance. Upright grower to around 20 feet with
a spread to 15 feet. Great yellow autumn color.
Japanese name translated means 'harp strings.'

Acer
palmatum Higasayama
Acer
palmatum 'Higasayama' Higasayama Japanese
Maple. Unusual tree with a unique variegated pattern.
Leaves are green with even white margins that start pink
as leaves emerge in the spring. The red color along
the margins returns in the fall. Best planted with
protection from afternoon sun. Upright grower to about
20 feet with a spread of about 15 feet.

Acer
palmatum Shigitatsu-sawa
Acer
palmatum 'Shigitatsu-sawa' Shigitatsu
sawa Japanese Maple. Very unusual green veined leaves.
Smaller growing than most Japanese Maples with a mature
height of about 15 feet and a width of about 10. Should
be planted in location shaded from hot afternoon sun.

Acer
palmatum Orido nishiki
Acer
palmatum 'Orido Nishiki' Orido Nishiki Japanese
Maple. Striking variegated new leaves of pink, white,
and green. By summer, the pink color slowly changes
to white. Leaf varietation is best when this tree
grown in a location with afternoon shade. Upright
grower to about 20 feet with a spread of about 15 feet.
Acer
palmatum 'Wou Nishiki' Wou Nishiki Japanese
Maple. Upright grower with small green leaves tinged
with red along the magins.
Acer
palmatum 'Scolopendrifolium' Strap leaved
Japanese Maple Upright growing green leaved variety
with narrow leaves and beautiful branching structures.
Acer
palmatum 'Peaches and Cream' Peaches and
Cream Japanese Maple. Compact growing shrub or small
tree with beautiful variegations of pink, cream, and green.
Acer
palmatum ' Nuresagi' Nuresagi
Japanese Maple. Japanese name translates to 'Wet Heron.'
Vigorous upright red leaved variety.
Acer
palmatum 'Yezo Nishiki' Yezo Nishiki Japanese
Maple. Upright grower with red leaves becoming scarlet
and crimson during the fall.
Acer
palmatum 'Aocha Nishiki' Aocha Nishiki Japanese
Maple. Green leaved variety with striking yellow-green
stems. Lightly variegated leaves of green and yellow-green.
Acer
japonicum 'Aconitifolium' Fernleaf Fullmoon
Japanese Maple. Small spreading tree with lightly
dissected leaves and fabulous fall colors or reds, yellows,
and oranges.
Acer
palmatum 'Twombley's Red Sentinel' Red Sentinel
Japanese Maple. Narrow, upright form of the Bloodgood
Maple
Acer
palmatum 'Sharp's Pygmy' Sharp's Pygmy Japanese
Maple. Small rounded shrub suitable as a bonsai subject.
Acer
palmatum 'Burgundy Lace' Burgundy Lace Japanese
Maple. Upright grower with leaves more finely cut
than those of the Bloodgood Maple.
Acer
palmatum 'Red Emperor' Red Emperor Japanese
Maple. Vigorous upright grower very similar to the
popular Bloodgood Maple with new leaves emerging 2 weeks
later.
Acer
palmatum 'Okushimo' Okushimo Japanese Maple. Upright
tree with leaves curled in tube like fashion.
Acer
palmatum 'Butterfly' Butterfly Japanese Maple.
Small tree with dainty variegated green
and
white leaves.
Acer
palmatum 'Aka Shigitatsu sawa' Shigitatsu Japanese
Maple. Striking leaves with dark red and green vein
Acer
palmatum 'Shishigashira' Shishigashira Japanese
Maple .The famous "Lion's Head" Maple
Acer
palmatum 'Beni Komachi' Beni Komachi Japanese Maple.
Dwarf small shrub or tree with tiny leaves.
Acer
palmatum 'Osakazuki' Osakazuki Japanese Maple.
Upright grower with intense crimson fall color.
Acer
palmatum 'Kiyohime' Kiyohime Japanese Maple. Dwarf
form suitable for bonsai
Acer
palmatum 'Kotohime' Kotohime Japanese Maple. Diminutive
cultivar--a natural bonsai
Acer
palmatum 'Shaina' Shaina Japanese Maple. Dwarf
form, a witches' broom (or sport) of Bloodgood.
Acer
palmatum 'Coralinum' Coralinum Japanese Maple.
Brilliant shrimp-pink spring foliage.
Acer
palmatum 'Seiryu' Seriyu Japanese Maple.
Unique upright grower with dissected leaves.
Acer
palmatum 'Red Pygmy' Red Pygmy Japanese Maple.
Thin threadlike red leaves on upright grower.
Acer
palmatum 'Sango Kaku' Sango Kaku or Coral Bark
Japanese Maple. Small tree with coral colored bark.
Acer
palmatum 'Hogyoku' Hogyoku Japanese Maple.
Unique fall color of pumpkin orange.
Acer
shirasawanum 'Aureum' Golden Full Moon Japanese
Maple. Unusual golden form of Full Moon Maple.
Acer
shirasawanum 'Palmatifolium' Palmate-leaved
Full Moon Japanese Maple. Upright grower with beautiful
fall foliage of reds, yellows, and oranges.
Acer
shirasawanum 'Autumn Moon' Autumn Moon Full
Moon Japanese Maple. Spreading tree with yellow foliage
tinged with pink.
Acer
palmatum 'Kamagata' Kamagata Japanese Maple.
Small green leaved variety with red tinge in spring.
Grown usually as a shrub and often available as a small
tree.
Acer
palmatum 'Ukigumo' Ukigumo or Floating Cloud Japanese
Maple. Green leaved variety with white variegation.
Acer
palmatum 'Ueno Yama' Ueno Yama Japanese Maple.
Upright variety with unique orange new foliage becoming
green during the year.
Ambleside
also carries different varieties of the popular dissectums--Weeping
Japanese Red Maples. Of these varieties,
we expect to have Red Dragon, Red Select, Crimson
Queen, Inaba Shidare, and Tamukeyama.
Three green leaved varieties, Acer palmatum
dissectum 'Ornatum,' Acer palmatum dissectum 'Watnong,'
and Acer japonicum 'Green Cascade' provide
fabulous orange to red fall color.
Though
not classified as a Japanese Maple, another noteworthy
small ornamental tree is the Paperbark Maple (Acer
Griseum). This tree is prized for its brilliant
red to crimson fall foliage and unique exfoliating cinnamon-like
bark.
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