Emerald Lace (Acer palmatum 'Emerald Lace')

Emerald Lace is the best of the green dissectums in my opinion; it has smaller, finer leaves and is thus lacier; it is vigorous so you don’t feel like you’ll be dead before it looks like something and its growth habit is regular and outwardly pendulous without looking weepy; it has scarlet fall color.

Crimson Queen (Acer palmatum 'Crimson Queen')

Probably the best known of the red weeping dissectums, it is not be best by a long shot and it is certainly OK so I will continue to grow it for the many people who know nothing else. Zone 5. This photo was provided by Michael Healy.

Baldsmith (Acer palmatum 'Baldsmith')

In spite of its unprepossessing name, Baldsmith has become popular among the dissectums; it has the same cascading habit, but the leaf color changes throughout the season beginning with tones of pink and orange, adding green in the summer and turning many shades of orange and red in the fall. Unfortunately it is not wildly vigorous, but it is definitely worth waiting for it to grow. I have another cultivar ‘Watnong’ (also unfortunately named) which may be the same cultivar. zone 6. This photo by Michael Helay captures the variation in the color excellently; it is always changing.

Baby Lace (Acer palmatum 'Baby Lace')

Cute, cute, cute, this dwarf weeper has red finely dissected leaves on squirrely branches. Zone 5.

Autumn Fire (Acer palmatum 'Autumn Fire')

Autumn Fire is a green dissectum with a difference; it is vigorous and somewhat upright with dark green leaves which are stubbier than normal. Early leaves show pink edges as seen in the photo from Michael Healy.