Acer palmatum (Japanese maple) Seedlings

Among the most sun tolerant of any Japanese maple in our inventory, green-leaved Japanese maple seedlings will have small leaves that turn a mix of golds/oranges and bright reds in fall. This tree is easy to grow, is a vigorous and dependable tree used for understock in all Metro Maples grafting. Japanese maples grow relatively quickly to around 15 feet tall by 15 feet wide, allowing for some genetic variation from tree to tree.

Spring color is a bright green with tiny red flowers which will become seeds by year’s end.

Spring color is a bright green with tiny red flowers which will become seeds by year’s end.

These trees grow fairly quickly and have an open, arching structure.

Fall color often begins as golds and oranges . . .

which then deepen to reds as the days get shorter and cooler.