Red Snakebark Maple (Acer pennsylvanicum ‘Erythrocladum’)

Red Snakebark Maple (Acer pennsylvanicum 'Erythrocladum')

Red Snakebark Maple (Acer pennsylvanicum 'Erythrocladum')

Smaller than species, but similar in form and leaf, this tree in winter has stunning red and white striped bark which does not diminish with age (as in A.p.Sangokaku) Very rare as it is difficult to propagate. Zone 4.

Size: Graft Price: $14.00
Size: 2 gallon Price: $50.00
Size: Field grown Price: $105.00

Acer psudosieboidianum subsp. takesimense

Acer takeshimense (Acer takeshimense)

Acer takeshimense (Acer takeshimense)

Acer takeshimense is not a tree for a small garden. It grows reasonably quickly (10 years) to 25′, but if you have the room it is a killer. The leaves are dark green in summer, glossily orbicular (my favorite shape), but the fall color shreds (this is a modern youth word, I believe, which means ‘is fantastic’). It is listed as a subspecies of pseudosieboldianum and as such would be super hardy.

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

Sensu (Acer shirasewanum ‘Sensu’)

Sensu (Acer shirasewanum 'Sensu')

Sensu (Acer shirasewanum 'Sensu')Sensu (Acer shirasewanum 'Sensu')

Sensu is one of the new shirasewanums that have a more divided leaf thought to be perhaps a cross with palmatum. Green in the summer, it is outstanding in the fall as this photo from Winch shows.

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