Striped Maple is an important wildlife food, a favorite for many woodland critters and its nectar is important to honeybees. Typically grown as a small tree it can also grow as a large shrub in the wild.

Leaves are palmate and yellow-green, tinged with red in spring, turning apricot and gold in fall. Winter bark is coral red and the color intensifies to almost salmon as the weather gets colder. Striking fall foliage color and uniquely colorful winter bark display which is best in full sun. Strong growing especially when young. Provide protection from winter winds.

This compact and upright growing Japanese Maple could be characterized as a large shrub or small tree but it will always be characterized as stunning no matter what category it falls into! With striking orange-yellow foliage, this Japanese Maple is a real stand out right from the early spring as leaves emerge golden with pink edges opening to shades of yellow and orange, depending on light conditions. After a spring and summer of spectacular color the beauty ramps up even more with an even brighter yellow foliage hue for fall. ‘Orange Dream’ is great for a small space or even on a patio as a small specimen tree in a container that will thrive in dappled shade.