Shishio Improved (Acer palmatum ‘Shishio Improved’ )

Shishio Improved (Acer palmatum 'Shishio Improved' )

Shishio Improved (Acer palmatum 'Shishio Improved' )

This is one of the trees in the corallinum group as you can tell by the spring leaf coloring. This tree is more likely to ‘tree up’ than many of the others, by which I mean that it will get some height (12′) and look more like a tree than a bush. zone 5.

Size: Graft Price: $19.00
Size: 1 gallon Price: $35.00
Size: Field grown Price: $130.00

Shigarami (Acer palmatum ‘Shigarami’)

Shigarami (Acer palmatum 'Shigarami')

Shigarami (Acer palmatum 'Shigarami')

In the spring this tree’s small palmate leaves are a bright green rimmed in purple, much like Tsumagaki, but the striking coloration doesn’t last long. The nice thing about the tree is that it is a graceful upright to 10′ which can grow in full sun, whereas Tsumagaki melts in the sun.

Size: Graft Price: $19.00
Size: 1 gallon Price: $35.00
Size: Field grown Price: $130.00

Shidava Gold (Acer palmatum ‘Shidava Gold’ )

Shidava Gold (Acer palmatum 'Shidava Gold' )

Shidava Gold (Acer palmatum 'Shidava Gold' )

Shidava Gold (great name, n’est pas) is supposedly a dwarf form of Aoyagi (broom from?). Personally I find Aoyagi pretty unprepossessing. However I went to a J. Maple talk which consisted mostly of slides of this cultivar and I was blown away. The leaves are light green; the branches are green.

Size: Graft Price: $19.00
Size: 1 gallon Price: $35.00
Size: Field grown Price: $130.00

Sharps Pygmy (Acer palmatum ‘Sharps Pygmy’ )

Sharps Pygmy (Acer palmatum 'Sharps Pygmy' )

Sharps Pygmy (Acer palmatum 'Sharps Pygmy' )

Sharp’s Pygmy is one of the finest dwarfs, really small green leaves in summer but bright red, orange, yellow in fall; altho it will never get over 3′ tall and wide, still it is vigorous and healthy.

Size: Graft Price: $19.00
Size: 1 gallon Price: $35.00
Size: Field grown Price: $130.00