Sarah’s Acer Notes By Sarah Chandler The Acer House As of this week, they’re here, our new stock of Japanese Maples, those beloved small leaved and delicate trees that grace so many gardens with their green, purple or variegated summer leaves and blazing autumnal colours. There are lots and lots of trees of all shapes…
Read the articleThe Acer House We’ve recently completed work building a large shade house. Designed as a place to keep our ever expanding collection of large Acers, it’s a wonderful place to go hunting or just bask in the flurry of colours, leaf shapes, stems and trunks. The Acer House was finished in 2022 spanning over 450…
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A brilliantly hardy and deciduous tree for year round interest. The stems are a vibrant orange-yellow in the winter and in the spring the new leaves are salmon coloured, followed by yellow-green summer foliage and butter-yellow autumn colours. It grows to 3m. Contact us for plant availability and sizes.
Hardiness level Green
Narrow, upright habit. The leaves emerge bright red maturing to a deep purple-red in summer before turning ruby red in autumn. Ultimate height and spread in 10-20 years 1.5-2.5m. Contact us for plant availability and sizes.
Hardiness level Green
A hardy, deciduous shrub or small tree with an open and rounded habit to about 4m in height and spread. ‘Osakazuki’ has seven lobed green foliage in spring and summer, transforming into a blaze of fiery scarlet in autumn. Many believe they have the most intense, long lasting scarlet autumn colour of all the Japanese Maples. Ideal for the smaller garden, yet still capable of creating autumn drama in a large garden. Contact us for plant availability and sizes.
Hardiness level Green
A hardy, deciduous tree with an arching habit growing to roughly 4m in height. The foliage colour commences a bright orange red, matures to a red tinged green and then turns flaming scarlet before being shed in the autumn. Contact us for plant availability and sizes.
Hardiness level Green
Green, deeply lobed leaves that cluster on the branches to give a heavy, bunched top to relatively narrow tree; hence the Lion’s Head. Good autumn colour. Slow growing, it can take 30 years to reach 3m x 2m. Contact us for plant availability and sizes.
Hardiness level Green
Deciduous mound forming small tree from Japan. Purple and deeply cut leaves turning bright red in autumn. 10ft x 10ft after 40 years. Contact us for plant availability and sizes.
Hardiness level Green
This beautiful purple leaved plant can be grown as a small tree, to about 5m, or a large shrub. The best spring and summer colour is seen on plants grown in full sun, then before falling in the autumn, the foliage turns a flaming crimson. Contact us for plant availability and sizes.
Hardiness level Green
Slow growing, Japanese Maple to 10ft after 20 years, forming a beautiful mound. Emerald green leaves in summer turning to wild orange and yellow in autumn. Sheltered from strong winds in sun or partial shade. Avoid chalky soil. Contact us for plant availability and sizes.
Hardiness level Green
