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Acer trees are a diverse and mostly hardy group, easy to grow in a wide range of soils. They thrive in sun or partial shade and include such delights as Japanese and snakebark maples.
Spectacular leaves, incredibly varied in size, shape and colour, are their predominate feature. Many acer also develop brilliant autumn colour.
Although not known as flowering trees, many have attractive, small, delicate flowers in spring before the leaves unfold. These may be followed by colourful fruits in late summer and autumn.
For Japanese maples see the Acer palmatum page.
Maple
Leaves have attractive pink variegation with deep red young shoots. Colourful winter bark, exceptional small tree.
Trident Maple
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Produces a round crown of lush summer foliage, gives good red-orange autumn colour. Reddish brown flaking bark.
Field Maple
Round headed, good for hedges. Five lobed leaves pinkish red turn golden russet and dark purple in autumn.
Variegated Field Maple
Bold, white leaf margins and pink growing tips. Cheerful and distinctive small tree all through the summer.
A Dutch selection of dense, conical habit, with lobed mid-green leaves that turn yellow in autumn.
Small tree with a rounded crown. Exceptional, rich-red colours throughout the autumn months.
More upright, columnar version of Field Maple. Young leaves have a pink flush which turn orange in the autumn.
Narrow pyramidal habit. New leaves crimson in spring, fading to mauve/green in summer, turning yellow in autumn.
A small tree with a compact and narrow, upright habit with good, orange-red autumn colour.
Snake Bark Maple
Young growth coral red, green then reddish-orange in autumn. Yellow flowers, striated bark and pink fruits.
Golden Cappadocian Maple
The Golden Maple. Young leaves a stunning red turning golden yellow for many weeks. Wonderful autumn tints.
Cappadocian Maple
Fiery blood-red young leaves turn green in summer and later golden yellow autumn tints. An excellent specimen tree.