(Copperplant, Louisiana Red Copperplant, Wilkes' Acalypha)

Louisiana Red copperplant is an evergreen shrub native to the tropical Pacific islands of Melanesia and has large, mottled bronze and red oval leaves and long, copper-green flowers. In cold climates it is often grown as an annual.

Plants prefer moist, humid conditions in full sun to partial shade. In cooler climates it is often grown as an annual, container plant or houseplant but in frost-free locations it can be used in a mixed hedge, shrub border or as a large specimen plant.

(Copperleaf, Tahitian Gold Acalypha, Wilkes' Acalypha)

An evergreen shrub native to the Pacific islands, copperleaf bears brightly colored foliage in shades or red, purple, bronze and green. It is a popular landscape plant in subtropical and tropical zones and planted as a houseplant or annual in cooler zones. The name, Acalypha wilkesiana, honors Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes, an American Naval Officer who explored the South Pacific during the mid-1800s.

Beautiful, mottled leaves are the reason copperleaf is so popular in the garden. They...

(Dieck's Maple)

A possible hybrid or selection of Norway maple, this fast-growing, medium-sized to large, deciduous tree is also sometimes listed as its own species. Columnar in habit, it has fissured gray bark and glossy, dark green, five-lobed leaves. The leaves turn yellow and red in fall. Heads of small greenish yellow flowers appear in conspicuous abundance in spring. Large two-winged fruits followed, maturing from green to brown.

Plant this maple in full sun. Moist, well-drained, acidic to mildly alkaline...

(Maple, Norwegian Sunset™ Maple)

Norwegian Sunset maple is a rapidly growing, uniformly branched deciduous tree discovered as a chance seedling in a bed of Shantung maples (Acer truncatum) in Oregon. Its upright oval habit resembles that of its other suspected parent, Norway maple (Acer platanoides). This straight-trunked hybrid has glossy dark green five- to seven-lobed leaves that turn orange-red to red in fall. Small yellow flowers in spring give rise to winged green fertile fruit.

Plant this maple in full...

(Florida Maple)

A small to medium-sized, deciduous tree native to the southeastern United States, Florida maple is a close relative of the sugar maple (Acer saccharum). It has glossy dark green, three- or five-lobed leaves that turn yellow or sometimes red-orange in autumn. It is not uncommon for its dry, tan leaves to persist on its branches through winter. Clusters of small yellow flowers accompany the emerging leaves; winged green fruits follow. The pale gray bark becomes dark and furrowed on the lower...

(Caddo Maple, Florida Maple)

A seed-grown cultivar originating in Caddo County, Oklahoma, in the south-central United States, this cold-, heat-, and drought-tolerant sugar maple relative is a medium-sized deciduous tree with dark green, five-lobed leaves that turn dull yellow in autumn. The downward-curling leaf margins are an identifying feature of selection 'Caddo'. Greenish yellow flowers in early spring give rise to winged green seeds.

This maple should be planted in full sun to partial shade in acidic to slightly alkaline,...

(Snakebark Maple)

One of a number of maples renowned for their handsome striped green bark, this small deciduous tree is native to Japan. Dense and spreading, it bears glossy, dark green, shallowly three-lobed leaves on red stems. The leaves turn dazzling shades of red and orange in fall. The trunk and older branches are purple-brown with green and white striations. New twigs are purple-red. Clusters of small chartreuse flowers in spring give rise to bunches of dangling winged red-brown fruits that are often borne...

(Cappadocian Maple)

A close relative of Norway maple that in many ways surpasses it as an ornamental plant, this small to medium-sized deciduous tree is found from eastern Asia to the Caucasus. In spring, clusters of small yellowish green flowers decorate the twigs, opening just before the showy purple-red new leaves emerge. The five-lobed leaves mature to glossy dark green. Broken leaf stems emit a milky latex. In autumn, the leaves turn rich golden-yellow. This tree has a gray, rough-barked trunk, and often produces...

(Cappadocian Maple)

A close relative of Norway maple that in many ways surpasses it as an ornamental plant, coliseum maple is a small to medium-sized deciduous tree found from eastern Asia to the Caucasus. The leaves of the cultivar 'Aureum' are yellow in spring and fall. In spring, clusters of small yellowish green flowers decorate the twigs, opening just before leaves expand. The five-lobed leaves emerge purple red, change quickly to greenish-yellow with bronze tips, and mature to green. In autumn, the leaves turn...

(Hornbeam Maple)

Bearing leaves that resemble those of a hornbeam, this small deciduous tree from Japan is among the most refined and unusual maples. Sinuous smooth-barked dark gray branches with reddish twigs bear narrowly oval, toothed leaves with numerous pairs of lateral veins. The leaves turn gold or bronze-yellow in fall, then to brown, often persisting through much of winter. This dense, rounded tree bears chains of small greenish flowers in spring, followed by winged green fruits that mature to brown.

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