Sister Ghost (Acer palmatum ‘Sister Ghost’ )

Sister Ghost (Acer palmatum 'Sister Ghost' )

Sister Ghost (Acer palmatum 'Sister Ghost' )

This is the best of the Ghost series in my opinion. It has the superb reticulation on an almost white leaf in spring with pink overtones. The growth habit is a wide cone; to 6′. zone 5

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

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