A low-growing conifer with soft, silvery blue needles.  Though only growing to 2 feet tall, it can reach 6’ feet wide making it a lovely evergreen groundcover.  Make sure to cut out any vertical leaders to maintain its prostrate form.

Upright grower with peach colored bells and a red calyx.

Trumpet-shaped bright yellow flowers.

An upright grower with soft, dangling double pink bell flowers over maple-like foliage.

Yellow bells with bright orange veining.

Large deep burgundy flowers.

Spikes of white flowers backed with dark red bracts in the summer.  Impressive, deeply cut, dark green, thistle-like foliage.  Makes a great architectural accent.  Needs excellent drainage in the winter.

Beautiful, exfoliating cinnamon bark and good fall color. Needs a protected site in Vermont. Adaptable to different soils and clay tolerant.

Unique monkshood-like leaves with beautiful seed pods in spring and wonderful reddish purple foliage in fall.  Forms a small, spreading tree.

Very finely cut green leaves. A graceful and weeping habit forms a mound with brilliant fall foliage.

Bushy, deciduous tree with large, rounded and deeply cut mid-green leaves turning red in the autumn. Small, red-purple flowers appear in April in long drooping chains. Leaves tend to scorch in hot, dry weather.

Large, rounded foliage is tinted with orange in the spring, matures to green and then turns a lovely pumpkin orange in the fall.  Habit is open and bushy.

Olive green foliage is overlaid with burgundy and turns red in the autumn.

Large orbicular leaves turn fantastic flaming shades in the fall.  Forms a broad-crowned upright tree.

A cultivar with lobed, grape-leaf -like foliage that emerges bronze, matures to green and turns back to beautiful sunset shades in the fall.

Pink to amber spring foliage is highlighted by darker veins.  The leaves mature to deeper amber then turn fiery red and gold in the fall.  A Buchholz Nursery intro.

Bloodgood has non-dissected foliage that grows into a small, rounded, deciduous tree which typically grows to 15-20′ tall and features purplish-red flowers in spring, deep reddish-purple summer foliage, red samaras (seed pods) in late summer to early fall and good crimson-red fall color.

Dissected and lacy foliage emerges light green in the spring edged with pink maturing in summer to a darker green. Fall color is an intense mixture of orange and red.

Consistent variegation decorates the large, light green to light brown (and all the colors between), deeply divided leaves of this small, upright broad Japanese maple. One of the best reticulated (netted) varieties, it can show so many colors at one time, especially in the spring and early summer. Foliage turns golden orange in fall.

Vibrant green and white variegations on the leaves of this upright Japanese maple give it a unique appearance. The leaf veins are prominent with multicolored reticulation (netting) further adding to the contrast turning Uber/salmon colors in fall A unique plant that really glows!

A lace-leaf Japanese maple with deep purple spring foliage, turning more red in summer then to fiery red in fall.

A small tree with cascading very finely divided leaves emerging with crimson shades then turn bright green for summer. Fall foliage is a brilliant golden-yellow.

Spectacular leaf coloration distinguishes this upright, but broad, form of Japanese maple. Very deeply divided, narrow leaf lobes display reliable light yellow-green and purple-red variegation, producing a striking effect. In fall, leaves turn orange to red.

A cultivar with a mounding habit and dissected orange-red foliage in the spring.  Fall color is also a fiery orange to red.

Soft green, heavily dissected leaves with pinkish red margins in the spring. In summer, the foliage then turns to vivid green prior to putting on a dazzling autumn show of assorted bright orange hues.

Bright gold foliage matures to light green. Can be grown in full sun without burning.

Strong white variegation on the leaf margins make this a striking plant.  Grows into a small upright tree.  Keep out of afternoon sun for best coloration.

Small tree with fabulous pink-splashed foliage. Best in some shade.

From Iseli Nursery’s Jack Frost hybrids, this cultivar has a more cascading habit and finely dissected foliage.  Leaves emerge orange-red before turning green then color up again in the fall.

Shrimp pink spring growth matures to green and white on this dense-growing red maple.  Becomes more pink to red in the fall. If conditions are ideal, could exceed its expected growth rate. Clay tolerant.

A semi-dwarf, narrow-growing cultivar with all the branches growing upward.

A slow grower with a strongly upright form reaching 30 feet tall and 8 feet wide. Brilliant yellow, orange and some red color are displayed in fall.

Rusty colored leaves radiate in an almost circular pattern. A medium-sized shrubby tree.

Bronze spring foliage becomes yellow-green in the summer.  A sister seedling to A. ‘Moonrise’ and more chartreuse than A. ‘Aureum’.

A bright yellow foliage form that holds its color well through the summer.  Sun tolerant and vigorous.  Fabulous fall color in gold and reds.

A low, mounding cultivar with dissected foliage colorful through the season.  Emerging leaves are red, turning green with a red edge then back to red in the fall!

Emerging spring leaves are a vivid carmine red with lime green veins. Mature foliage is gold. More sun tolerant than A. shirasawanum ‘Aureum’.  Strong, upright branching form.

From Buchholz Nursery, a cultivar with very sharply pointed green foliage reminiscent of a child’s drawing of the sun.  Yellow to orange fall color.

deep purple-red finely cut foliage in spring turns to blazing red in fall on this smaller tree.

An upright deciduous tree with a broad canopy. Foliage is deep purple in spring with long narrow leaf lobes. Fall color ranges from orange to red to purple.

Colorful red-toned foliage on either end of the season on this small upright tree.  New stems are also purple.

Green foliage is heavily mottled with white. Striking in the fall when the leaves turn shades of orange and red. Strong-growing small tree.  Considered hardier than some Acer palmatum varieties.

A hardy cultivar with new growth pubescent pale green on a narrow upright tree.  Fall color brilliant yellow to orange.

A low-growing Japanese maple with pendulous habit.  Green leaves turn orange-yellow in the fall.  Some listing hardiness as Zone 4!

‘Claw of the Dragon’ maple named for its foliage with very narrow elongated lobes. Fall color is a brilliant red.  Listed as hardy to Zone 4!

Similar to A. griseum but exfoliating bark is buff and tree is much hardier.

Taller and more robust form making excellent glowing burnt orange flowers that fade to a peachy-gold. They also dry well.

A vigorous, early-blooming variety with large burnt orange flower heads. Habit is compact.

A smaller version of A. ‘Moonshine’ with the same lemon yellow flower umbels and feathery gray-green foliage.

Luscious apple red and paprika-colored flowers with sulphur yellow centers bloom from early to late summer atop gray-green, ferny leaves.