Not too close to the house. looks awesome there

Both Full Moon maples - Acer shirasawanum and A. japonicum - should be one full zone more cold hardy than Acer palmatum. And Acer griseum is generally considered 2 zones more cold hardy.

Pam, I have not tried either of the Full Moon maples, but A. s. ’Aureum’ has been on my radar since I first joined GW. Is there anyone in the upper midwest who would share their experience with it? It is certainly worth a try.

I’ve tried griseum a couple different times over the past twenty years and both were fails. It’s perfectly hardy to -20F, but will show damage below that and death at -30. The inevitable brutal winter will take it out. I badly wanted this tree in my garden, but have now decided it’s really not that beautiful. 😉

Lane, thank you, but I do wish it were another 5’ away from the house. At this point I’d rather move the house than the tree.

Not a very good pic, but this is Acer x ’Cinnamon Flake’.

Fall clothing :)

This stunner is a seedling psuedoseiboldanum in northern New Hampshire

Another one in the same garden

I really want to try korean maple

I bought an Acer tschonoskii a few years ago. Rabbits ate it down the first winter but it is recovering. Anxious to see what that turns in to. Acer tegmentosum is one of my other faves, Joe Witt in particular.

I only have one, not counting the A. ginnala, in the back alley. ;-)

It's an Acer pseudosieboldianum seedling, purchased from a native plant guy in Reeseville WI. Fall of 2021.

No longer a seedling but maybe still a sapling? It looks better every year.

Picture is from middle of June with new growth:

A week ago: (It might make the Fall color thread this season. ;-)

Acer triflorum. A lot like Acer griseum but much faster growing and much earlier autumn foliage color. Bark is very nice but much lighter and less glossy than A. griseum. Growing for many years in my "first garden" in Long Prairie Minnesota.

Indianagardengirl, is Cinnamon Flake is a cross between griseum and triflorum?? Probably too young/small, but it will be interesting to see how the bark looks in 10-20 years.

You’ve all convinced me the pure A. pseudosieboldianum rivals any plant for fall color.

Pennlake, where did you find the A. tschonoskii? I’m guessing mail order.

Artinnature, Ive got a rough looking triflorum. It is one of four trees I moved from my previous residence, and was crudely dug with a tractor and loader. I’m not sure it ever fully recovered from this insult. The Mn Landscape Arb has a nice speciman.

It’s griseum x maximowiczianum. Here are pics from yesterday

@maackia I bought it from Quacking Grass which I believe is no longer doing mail order. Looks like it was ssp. Koreanum which now might be considered a different species. Anyway, doing well so far despite the rabbits.

The 'Cinnamon Flake’ bark sure looks like griseum to me. Nikko Maple (maximowiczianum) has smooth bark, but I like the habit more than griseum. You might have the best of both worlds with this hybrid.