The Purple Ghost Japanese Maple is one of those trees that makes you stop and stare! It's a more recent introduction to the maple family, but its unique purple leaves with ghostly silver veining ...

Japanese maple leaves often emerge a colorful purple and then fade to bronze-green during the summer. (ELLIS LUCIA, NOLA.com | THE TIMES-PICAYUNE archive) Question: The leaves on my Japanese maple ...

The Japanese maple is a common name referring to a species of trees or shrubs under the scientific name Acer palmatum. They can be found throughout Japan, China, and Korea, but are often imported ...

Bloodgood is the stalwart purple-leafed tree ... It turns deep green in summer with crimson autumn leaves. The Japanese maple has no flowers to speak of. It is not a reservoir of life for native ...

Afternoon shade or dappled shade is beneficial in the hottest climates or when planting a Japanese maple with green or highly dissected leaves (called cut-leaf, lace-leaf or dissectum) to avoid ...

Q: I have a Japanese maple that has been in my front yard and perfectly healthy since before we purchased our home almost 25 years ago. Every fall, the purple leaves turn red and almost on cue ...

The goal they realized: To amass an enviable collection of Japanese maples and ... including Purple Ghost, which has purple-red leaves marked in a showy network of black veining, or reticulation.