From an aesthetic point of view, Japanese maples have a distinctive architectural beauty year-round but especially after their leaves fall. From a practical perspective, these maple trees are compact ...

Japanese maple leaves often emerge a colorful purple and then fade to bronze-green during the summer. (ELLIS LUCIA, NOLA.com | THE TIMES-PICAYUNE archive) Question: The leaves on my Japanese maple ...

We've covered trees quite a bit in this column lately - and there's a reason. There's no other landscape element that can significantly increase property value like trees. Shrubs can't do that, and ...

Q: I have a Japanese maple that has been in my front yard and perfectly healthy since before we purchased our home almost 25 years ago. Every fall, the purple leaves turn red and almost on cue, they ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A close-up of an unspecified Japanese maple seed pod - Lois GoBe/Shutterstock Many home landscapers love the look of Japanese ...

You won’t stop at just one, once you discover what they can do for your garden: “People get obsessed.” By Margaret Roach Matthew and Timothy Nichols’s story could be a case study of what it means to ...

Q: We would like to plant a Japanese maple tree next to our house. Before we go shopping, do you have any suggestions on choosing a tree and growing it properly? A: A well-grown Japanese maple, Acer ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Happy child wearing blue sweater and khaki pants holding arms out in falling leaves. - Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images The vivid red ...

Everyone loves a Japanese maple, or at least that’s the way it seems. Even novice gardeners will often have a maple at the top of their must-have list. There’s more than one reason for the continuing ...