If you're looking to add a gorgeous tree with dazzling fall colors to your yard or garden, consider planting one of these 12 cultivars of Japanese maple trees.

The Bloodgood Japanese maple with deep-red-purple leaves that keep this color through the summer before turning a warm, crimson red in the fall.

Yet even with dozens of trees and shrubs to choose from, the Bloodgood Japanese maple (Acer palmatum 'Bloodgood') stands out in the crowd and is an amazing addition to your summer landscape.

Great Plant Pick: Acer palmatum ‘Tamuke yama,’ red laceleaf Japanese maple This weeping tree is a striking specimen, holding its burgundy-red foliage color though the summer. by Richie Steffen ...

What: Acer palmatum “Katsura” is one of the more popular Japanese maples because it produces fantastic pale orange-yellow spring foliage, which gradually fades to a medium green in early ...

Japanese maple With its beautiful dark burgundy-red leaves and attractive blackish-red bark, ‘Bloodgood’ is considered by many experts as the best of the upright red-leaved Japanese maples.

Thinning your Japanese laceleaf maple every winter in this way will bring out the natural beauty of the tree while allowing air and light to penetrate, encouraging increased growth within the canopy.

Q. I bought a `Bloodgood' Japanese maple (Acer palmatum) because I thought it would like a lot of sun. I then read on the tag "part shade to shade." I had a Japanese maple in North Carolina in ...

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Orangeola has orange leaves. Acer palmatum is the scientific name for full sized Japanese maple trees. They range in size from 10 to 30 feet. There are dozens of varieties.