Gardengal, that was my fear about the disease susceptibility. I would absolutely hate to lose it after a few years. My mom has a beautiful old coral bark maple that she lost a portion of to last year to disease.

Do you perhaps have any recommendations for something that has some of the characteristics of the one above? We do have the deep red maple nearby to where we plan to place the new one so would love something that would complement that. Right in front of the maple is also a dogwood tree.

Sorry about the woodpile. My husband cut down a few trees and is giving the wood away but the people haven’t come to pick it up yet. I told him it is messing with my aesthetic :/. But at least the sweetgum trees are gone!

I would consider 'Orange Dream', Katsura, 'Linearlobum' or Seiryu'.

Thanks gardengal. I will check them out!

I don't know how you feel about yellow fall color, but the green-barked maples Aoyagi and Ukon are not disease-prone and they make a great contrast to red-leafed trees. Aoyagi grows more vigorously than Ukon. The leaves may burn some if kept in full sun.

Mens, I love yellow colored maples as well and so does my husband. That could be a really nice pairing, I think. I will check them out and thank you for the suggestions!