Acer rubescens green leaf The Japanese maple Beni Hagoromo

The Japanese maple Beni Hagoromo is a stunning Acer palmatum that has very distinctive and unusual leaves

Nice yellow and orange fall color

Leaves emerge in the spring shiny and glossy

Orange Dream is a medium sized maple

“ara” means “rough” and “kawa” means “bark”

Acer rubescens green leaf The Japanese maple Beni HagoromoAcer rubescens is a wonderful snake bark maple. Leaves emerge in the spring shiny and glossy. As the the trees mature they tend to have gorgeous spring flower displays. Snake bark maples have striations in their bark that add a very nice contrast to the background green bark. This beautiful maple is very rare and is native to the mountain forests of Taiwan. Hardy and grows to 40 50 feet when fully mature