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Multi-colors of Japanese Maple

Multi-colors of Japanese Maple

Rainbow Colors of Japanese Maple

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There are many cultivars of Japanese maple with a wide variety of leaf shapes and color, growth habits, and sizes: ‘Atropurpureum’ - reddish leaves with five lobes; ‘Bloodgood’ - new foliage bright red, darkening to dark green; ‘Burgundy Lace’ - reddish foliage and cut leaves; ‘Dissectum’ - finely dissected leaves in green or red, 10 to 12 feet tall; ‘Elegans’ - leaves with rose-colored margins when they first unfold; ‘Ornatum’ - foliage is cut and reddish.

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