While not the hardiest plant for the interior northeast, ‘Summer Chocolate’ is one of those irresistible plants that will make you pull out all the stops to grow. Why you ask? One look at its deep, chocolate brown leaflets on its compound leaves will tell you that plants that look this different and this scrumptious are rare indeed! Your love of chocolate will find a new outlet when you look at this wide spreading, umbrella shaped small tree that has even more to tempt you than just incredible foliage. How about pink, puff ball shaped flowers to contast with its deep foliage in July and August? What a thrilling combination that is enhanced with a great flower scent and their ability to attract butterflies! ‘Summer Chocolate’ is a great specimen for a spot that has full sun and is protected from harsh winter winds and deep winter temperature valleys. It’s hard to guarantee its toughness in the interior northeast but it is easy to guarantee its one-of-a-kind beauty!

An exotic looking colorful landscape tree with a cherry-pink, powder-puff shaped, fragrant flowers that appear profusely-even on young trees.  Striking, multi-trunked tree with dark green fern-textured foliage. Easy to maintain, attracts birds, and fast growing.

This cross between Acer rubrum & Acer Saccharinum will knock your socks off with its combination of solid structure, attractive form & amazing fall color. It combines well the habit of Acer rubrum with the fast growth and adaptable nature of Acer saccharinum. Its leaves are deeply cut, medium green for most of the season then change to brilliant red in the fall.

Just as the full autumn moon glows with bold pink, red and orange hues, Acer ‘Autumn Moon’ shines three seasons a year with a similar multi-chromatic appeal. New foliages emerges in the spring a bright chartreuse green shade with captivating rust and pink tones on broad but delicately cut foliage. The summer sun ingrains vivid orange colors firmly into the maturing leaves for a fantasticly different show of color. Finally, as fall and cooler weather appear, deep, rich oranges and reds finish off the season with an explosion of color hot enough to parallel any flow of molten lava. Hardier, more vigorous and more heat tolerant than the similar looking Acers like ‘Aureum’, ‘Autumn Moon’ will enchant you year after year and make an unforgettable specimen for a sunny spot.

If you’re looking for a supernova of color in your landscape, this stellar selection will blow the competition to pieces with its galactic explosion of unearthly color. New growth unfolds to a delicate pale yellow that matures into a luminous golden green, fully edged with bold scarlet. In May, the sparks will fly as yellow and red flowers burst on the scene. Autumn brings another act to this plant’s spectacular show as the luminous foliage of summer heats up to a fiery red for truly captivating viewing as the weather cools. Slow-growing, rounded and compact, ‘Aureum’ is sturdy yet graceful as it goes from small tree to breathtaking specimen as it matures. Plant it with plenty of organic matter and place it in an area with morning sun and afternoon shade to prevent foliage burning that can happen in hot, exposed areas.

This tree is a mass producer of super sweet maple making it perfect for producing syrup.  In addition it provides nice summer shade and beautiful fall foliage.

It’s easy to go green with this outstanding cultivar of our beloved Sugar Maple. Whether it’s used in big numbers in the landscape for its consistent oval symmetry, rapid rate of growth and easy sustainability, or as a specimen showing off its graceful, high-branched form dressed with pearly-gray bark it is truly memorable tree. Luxurious deep green foliage rests on dense branching, providing abundant cool shade in summer, and an exciting scarlet and gold show in the fall. This splendid beauty is heat and drought resistant when roots are allowed to stretch, so keep this one away from sidewalks and structures and enjoy the shade.

Fall Fiesta™ is an outstanding selection of our native Sugar Maple, distinguished by its fast growth rate, its oval, spreading head, and its thick, deep green, tatter resistant summer foliage. This plant’s incredible looks are enhanced in the fall as its great looking summer foliage turns shades of yellow, orange, and red putting on a show that is unforgettable.

Fast growing with a broad, rounded profile, this outstanding selection features foliage that resists summer leaf scorch and bark that resists winter frost cracking. Brilliant fall foliage color in shades of yellows, oranges, and reds. The perfect specimen shade tree for the northeast. Brilliant fall foliage color. Outstanding, deep green summer foliage. Easy to grow and very rewarding.