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.

A great dwarf maple to feature in a container is “Lemon Lime Lace.” This compact mini tree will get all of 2 feet tall in 10 years. The deeply dissected leaves emerge a very light lemon-yellow ...

It is a great dwarf Japanese maple with dramatic spring color showing red-purple leaf borders with green centers. Its fall color is yellow, orange and red. Mine stays dense, rounded and low to the ...

A slow-growing, dwarf Japanese maple, it features rich, red, heavily dissected leaves that turn more vibrant tones of red in ...

The dwarf Norway maple has all the tenacity of the species, with the delicacy and fascination of a dwarf Japanese maple. It's a particularly elegant option for cold-area gardens, where Japanese ...

A case study. The solution is easy. Here's an actual case study on a small Japanese maple I purchased from a high-quality garden center. The dwarf maple was purchased in a 7-gallon plastic pot.

What: Acer palmatum, also known as shaina dwarf red Japanese maple, is a low dense and compact globe of small red foliage. In spring, the leaves emerge a bright red, deepening to a dark maroon in ...

The Japanese maple has no flowers to speak of. It is not a reservoir of life for native pollinators. It is somewhat expensive to buy and is slow to grow. Every garden should have one. Few other ...

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.