Ornamental trees are specially selected varieties of trees that are selected to provide the landscape with impressive and fascinating hues of reds, oranges, blues and greens, along with unique shapes and sizes that fit the desired look of the garden. And one of the popular choices for ornamental trees that you can plan in your own yard are Japanese maple trees.
The Japanese maple is an amazing tree of beauty and grace and due to their startling colors, wonderful leaf shapes and relative ease to grow they’ve become one of the most sought after ornamental tree by both professional and amateur landscapers. And as you’d expect there are a huge number of different varieties of the Japanese maple tree, giving it a great versatility in how it can be used to create spectacular landscapes.
Unlike many other commonly available types of ornamental trees, it is possible for a home gardener to grow Japanese maples from seed relatively quickly and easily. The two most commonly available types of Japanese maple (but certainly not the only ones) are the red variety and the green variety. These are two distinct varieties of maple, so don’t plant the seeds of a green Japanese maple and hope to get red leaves! Green maples have green leaves that last from spring to late autumn, while the startling color on the red maple trees unfortunately fades during the course of the year. However the vividness of the red leaves returns during the next springtime.
The laceleaf weeping variety is another unique type of Japanese maple tree. In appearance it looks like a combination between a red maple and a weeping willow. The laceleaf weeping variety grow to a relatively short height but can give your home and garden an absolutely stunning look. As you’d expect from the name the foliage on the laceleaf weeping Japanese maple is soft and thin, which gives it the lacy appearance from it’s name.
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