Japanese maple leaves often emerge a colorful purple and then fade to bronze-green during the summer. (ELLIS LUCIA, NOLA.com | THE TIMES-PICAYUNE archive) Question: The leaves on my Japanese maple ...

From an aesthetic point of view, Japanese maples have a distinctive architectural beauty year-round but especially after their leaves fall. From a practical perspective, these maple trees are compact ...

Bloodgood Japanese maples (Acer palmatum 'Bloodgood') are small, rounded trees with thin branches growing from the trunk. The bark is a lovely shade of gray. The deep-red-purple leaves are outstanding ...

The leaves of some species turn wonderful shades of orange, yellow, red and even purple, before falling. However to keep them looking so attractive a gardening expert has shared a gardening task that ...

Five years ago I was given a purple-leafed Japanese maple. This year, however, I can see green leaves coming through. Why? The tree is also a bit wide. Can I trim it? David Woodfine, Merseyside The ...

You won’t stop at just one, once you discover what they can do for your garden: “People get obsessed.” By Margaret Roach Matthew and Timothy Nichols’s story could be a case study of what it means to ...