Serpentine (Acer davidi 'Serpentine')
Like any snakebark, this tree needs to be kept out of direct sunlight as the dark purple bark with distinctive white vertical lines is tender and will burn. Good fall color on small three lobed leaves. Zone 5.
| Size: Graft | Price: $19.00 |
| Size: 1 gallon | Price: $35.00 |
| Size: Field grown | Price: $130.00 |
Redvein Maple (Acer rufinerve ‘Albolimbata’)
Redvein Maple (Acer rufinerve 'Albolimbata')
The trunk of this tree is yellowish in summer and gold in the winter. As with all snakebarks, it should be grown as an understory tree because of burning on the trunk. The leaves are variegated. Zone 7
| Size: Graft | Price: $14.00 |
| Size: 1 gallon | Price: $25.00 |
Redvein Maple (Acer rufinerve)
Redvein Maple (Acer rufinerve)
The species rufinerve can be relied upon to produce magnificent fall color. This cultivar which will get perhaps 20′ is no exception; It is a ‘snakebark’ so is best planted as an understory tree to prevent the burning of the bark on the SW side. zone 6
| Size: Field grown | Price: $105.00 |
Red Snakebark Maple (Acer rubescens ‘Silver Cardinal’)
Red Snakebark Maple (Acer rubescens 'Silver Cardinal')
This is the hottest of the hot new snakebarks. The leaves are small a brightly variegated with white and the twigs are bright red all summer. In the winter the trunk is pink striped. Zone 6.
| Size: 2 gallon | Price: $50.00 |
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 |
Paperbark Maple (Acer griseum)
Paperbark Maple (Acer griseum)
Commonly known as Paperbark Maple because of the bark peeling from a smooth golden trunk, this trifoliate maple which grows slowly to 25′ has four season interest, and is lovely in any landscape. zone 5
| Size: Graft | Price: $19.00 |
| Size: 1 gallon | Price: $35.00 |
| Size: Field grown | Price: $130.00 |
Korean (Acer pseudosieboldianum)
This medium growing 20′), loosely branched, large leafed tree has the most astounding fall color of any Asian maple.
| Size: Graft | Price: $19.00 |
| Size: 1 gallon | Price: $35.00 |
| Size: Field grown | Price: $130.00 |
Acer psudosieboidianum subsp. takesimense
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 |
Acer distylum (Acer distylum)
Acer distylum (Acer distylum)
Acer distylum has an unlobed leaf; the tree can reach 20′ in 10 years; fall color yellow. zone 6.
| Size: Graft | Price: $19.00 |
| Size: 1 gallon | Price: $35.00 |
| Size: Field grown | Price: $130.00 |
White Tigress (Acer tegmentosum ‘White Tigress’)
White Tigress (Acer tegmentosum 'White Tigress')
Supposedly this tree has white bark with black stripes–well, not quite, but it is a vigorous snakebark to 25′. Zone 6.
| Size: Graft | Price: $19.00 |
| Size: 1 gallon | Price: $35.00 |
| Size: Field grown | Price: $130.00 |