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Japanese maples come in all sorts of shapes, sizes, colors, growth habits and foliage types, offering the home gardener myriad choices to suit their individual taste. All of these trees get ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Close up of the brilliant red foliage of Japanese maple - Dan Gabriel Atanasie/Shutterstock There's nothing quite as breathtaking ...

From an aesthetic point of view, Japanese maples have a distinctive architectural beauty year-round but especially after their leaves fall. From a practical perspective, these maple trees are compact ...

Japanese maples are one of the most striking small trees for the landscape. They come in many different varieties, some growing 15 to 20 feet high at maturity and a width of 10 to 15 feet. Some grow ...

What: This understated green Japanese maple does not show its true glory until the cool autumn season arrives. Acer palmatum “Osakazuki” has one of the most brilliant reds of all Japanese maples. A ...

We've covered trees quite a bit in this column lately - and there's a reason. There's no other landscape element that can significantly increase property value like trees. Shrubs can't do that, and ...

October is a fantastic time to plant trees and shrubs, as the cooler temperatures and increased rainfall create ideal conditions for root establishment before the winter chill sets in. Whether you’re ...

Learn the species of maple trees most commonly found in the United States, and how to tell them apart.