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Russell Stafford
(Downy Japanese Maple, Fullmoon Maple, Grape-leaved Downy Japanese Maple)
Fullmoon maple is a small, often multi-stemmed, deciduous tree native to Northeast Asia. The elegant, broad-spreading branches of the cultivar 'Vitifolium' are clothed with bold, lobed leaves that recall those of grape. They turn brilliant shades in fall. Attractive red flowers appear with the emerging leaves, followed by winged red fruits. The smooth gray bark provides winter interest.
Tolerant of most soils and sun or partial shade, fullmoon maple is a good tree for the lawn, shade garden,...
(Nepal Maple, Smooth Maple)
A maple with long, narrow and glossy leaves, you may mistake this tree for an exotic coffee tree across its native range of the highlands from Bhutan and Nepal across southern China to Vietnam. The smooth or Nepal maple bears light olive-green, evergreen leaves that are somewhat rippled across their surface because of raised veins. Newest leaves emerge with a pinkish coppery color. Tiny teeth occur on the leaf edges, and the leaf petiole stems are pinkish red and are smooth. Naturally occurring variety...
(Chalk Maple, White-barked Maple)
In regions where the sugar maple falters because of intense summer heat or dry soils, the chalk maple may prove a worthy substitute. Native to the understory of the woods across the American Southeast, from eastern Texas and Oklahoma eastward to the Florida Panhandle and the Carolinas, the chalk oak can develop with a single trunk or multiple trunks. It always displays low branches and creates an upright, rounded silhouette.
Tiny yellow flower occur in spring, followed by green leaves with five...
Lane Greer
(Big-leaf Maple, Oregon Maple, Pacific Maple)
This immense deciduous tree bears the largest leaves of all maple species and is spectacular when it turns golden in the fall. It is counted among the few true western native maples, its range extending from foothills of Alaska to southern California and eastward to the Sierra Nevada Mountains. It is nearly always found in conjunction with streams and creeks. In warmer regions it grows at the base of north-facing slopes where perpetual shade and summer dampness support its need for moisture during...
Jesse Saylor
(Ash-Leaved Maple, Boxelder)
Box elder is a medium-sized to large, fast growing, short-lived deciduous tree native to many regions in North America. Typically low-branched with furrowed light gray to gray-brown bark, it bears bright green, compound leaves with three or sometimes five leaflets. Inconspicuous greenish yellow flowers emerge with the leaves. Male and female flowers occur on separate trees. Box elder is rarely grown as a landscape tree due to its weedy, weak-wooded nature, but a few cultivars with unique ornamental...
Gerald L. Klingaman
(Ash-Leaved Maple, Boxelder)
Box elder is a short-lived deciduous tree native to many regions in North America. Although sometimes scorned as an ornamental plant because of its weak wood and its penchant for self-sowing, it has given rise to many attractive cultivars. Introduced in the late nineteenth century, 'Auratum' has three-parted, lemon-yellow leaves with contrasting red stems. The leaves hold their color through summer. Fall color is usually unremarkable. A female selection, it produces inconspicuous greenish yellow...
Jesse Saylor
(Ash-Leaved Maple, Boxelder)
Box elder is a short-lived deciduous tree native to many regions in North America. Although sometimes scorned as an ornamental plant because of its weak wood and its penchant for self-sowing, it has given rise to many attractive cultivars. Introduced in the late nineteenth century, 'Aureomarginatum' has three-parted leaves with broad irregular margins that fade from gold to creamy yellow. Fall color is usually unremarkable. A male selection, it produces inconspicuous greenish yellow flowers in spring,...
Jesse Saylor
(Boxelder, Crispum Variegatum Boxelder)
Box elder is a short-lived deciduous tree native to many regions in North America. Although sometimes scorned as an ornamental plant because of its weak wood and its penchant for self-sowing, it has given rise to many attractive cultivars. Introduced more than 100 years ago, 'Crispum Variegatum' has curled, three-parted leaves with creamy yellow margins. Fall color is usually unremarkable. A male selection, it produces inconspicuous greenish yellow flowers in spring, and does not fruit. Typically...
(Ash-Leaved Maple, Boxelder, Flamingo Box Elder)
Box elder is a short-lived deciduous tree native to many regions in North America. Although sometimes scorned as an ornamental plant because of its weak wood and its penchant for self-sowing, it has given rise to many attractive cultivars. The cultivar 'Flamingo' is a variegated selection that bears pink, three-lobed leaves in spring that mature to green with irregular ivory margins. A male tree, it produces inconspicuous greenish yellow flowers in spring, and does not fruit. Typically low-branched,...
James Burghardt
(Boxelder, Kelly's Gold Boxelder)
Box elder is a short-lived deciduous tree native to many regions in North America. Although sometimes scorned as an ornamental plant because of its weak wood and its penchant for self-sowing, it has given rise to many attractive cultivars. Introduced in 1989 by Duncan and Davies Nursery in New Zealand, 'Kelly's Gold' has three-parted, lemon-yellow leaves with contrasting red stems. The leaves hold their color through summer. Fall color is usually unremarkable. A female selection, it produces inconspicuous...