The Japanese maple - which also includes red maple - inspires garden owners and balcony gardeners alike. Its graceful growth habit and intense foliage color make the exotic shrub ideal for growing in the garden or in a tub.

The different varieties of Japanese maple differ, among other things, in their leaf color and their location requirements

Japanese maple inspires with colorful foliage

The most beautiful attribute of the Japanese maple is of course the foliage, which can be very differently colored. Some varieties are green in summer, only to turn bright red, orange or yellow in autumn. Others even have a colorful foliage color or already show a reddish leaf when they sprout. Others, like red Japanese maple, show red foliage throughout the growing season.

The most beautiful varieties of Japanese maple

There are probably around 150 different species and more than 500 varieties of Japanese maple in total, and we will present some of the most beautiful ones in more detail in the table below.

variety growth habit growth height growth width leaf color autumn coloring particularities
Arakawa tree-like large shrub up to 400 cm up to 300 cm rich green bright red barky bark
Osakazuki upright shrub up to 300 cm up to 250 cm dark green bright red big leaves
Katsura upright shrub up to 120 cm up to 180 cm light green bright orange staying small
Beni komachi upright shrub up to 250 cm up to 200 cm Salmon-red when sprouting, red in summer purple to salmon red very good for buckets
Bloodgood large shrub up to 500 cm up to 600 cm bright red, brownish red in summer bright red intense coloring
orangeola sprawling shrub up to 200 cm up to 300 cm Orange-red when shooting, brown-red in summer Orange red drooping branches
Kotohime columnar up to 200 cm up to 40 cm bright pink-orange-red when they shoot, green in summer bright yellow ideal for tubs
butterfly shrubby, finely branched up to 160 cm up to 160 cm two-tone white-green magenta very delicate variety
Shishigashira upright bushy up to 200 cm up to 100 cm rich green bright yellow to orange-red heavily curled leaves
Green Globe overhanging up to 200 cm up to 200 cm light green Red very deeply dissected leaves
Ki hachijo tree-like large shrub up to 280 cm up to 350 cm fresh green golden yellow striped bark
Okushimo slim upright up to 250 cm up to 250 cm dark green yellow-orange curled leaves
Oridono nishiki slim upright up to 300 cm up to 170 cm irregular pink-pink to creamy white colorful multicolored foliage
Red Star taut upright up to 250 cm up to 200 cm deep dark red Red ideal as a solitaire
Kagiri nishiki slim upright up to 180 cm up to 250 cm two-tone white-dark green Red differently shaped leaves

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Unfortunately, the intensive leaf coloring does not show up equally at every location. Each variety has its own preferences.

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