Japanese Red Maple

== Desc ==
Japanese Red Maple is a very common and popular tree in CT. This maple if from Japan and eastern Asia. They have distinct cut-leaf leaves. Leaves are pretty small, but may reach a few inches long. Leaves appear in April. Flowers appear not long after. Flowers are small clusters of maybe 15 or so. In August, these turn into samaras. The samaras are quite small and are red. They may turn brown in the fall and winter. Leaves are red in the spring and fall. They turn green for summer. Leaves will drop in November, and can even last into December. Wood is very strong. The bark is very smooth, which is rare for a maple. While these trees usually stay small, some the species has demonstrated the ability to grow over 40' tall. They do best with partial sun to full sun. If a tree is not used to getting full sun, leaves will fall early, and branch dieback can occur. 
== Cultivars ==
Did you know there are hundreds of cultivars of Japanese Maple? Red maple is easily the most common. A variety with green foliage spring - October is another species covered. This will be filed under Delcore's Japanese Maple. There is a yellow bark and leaf cultivar. There are weeping cultivars, mixed cultivars, etc. Someone must've really liked breeding! Its possible some may have naturally hybridized with each other, since its technically the same species. 
== General ==
Capable of growing 30-50' 
Introduced tree
Strong Wood, smooth bark.
Year round intrest
Red twigs, red flowers, red samaras, red spring and fall foliage. (A lot of red!)
Category:Trees and Shrubs
Category:Nature