Acers For Fall Color

Acer palmatum 'Azuma Murasaki'
The sunrise tree. ©2004
Japanese maple

Many maple trees provide bright fall colors for the Pacific Northwest garden. The following is a list of acers that grow well in our maritime climate and have a variety of fall colors. Follow cultivars with links to the Gallery and Growing Guide, with photos and regional advice for growing them in our maritime climate.


Botanical Name Common name Autumn Leaf Color Height
Acer barbinerve Maple yellow 15 feet
Acer buergeranum Trident Maple red 30 feet
Acer campestre Hedge or Field Maple yellow 35 feet
Acer capillipes Maple scarlett 30 feet
Acer circinatum Vine Maple Fall Color Height
A. circinatum Vine Maple orange, scarlett or yellow 15 feet
A. c. 'Little Gem' Vine Maple red 3 feet
A. c. 'Monroe' Vine Maple yellow 10 feet
Acer davidii David's Maple bright yellow, red, orange and purple 50 feet
Acer griseum Paperbark Maple bronze, russet and red 30 feet
Acer japoncium Full Moon Maple Fall color Height
A. j. 'Aconitifolium' Full Moon Maple crimson 10 feet
A. j. 'Green Cascade' Full Moon Maple orange-red ? feet
A. j. 'Itaya' Full Moon Maple red, orange and yellow 18 feet
A. j. 'Meigetsu' Full Moon Maple gold to crimson 18 feet
A. j. 'O isami' Full Moon Maple red, yellow and scarlet 30 feet
A. j. 'Osiyami' Osiyami Japanese Maple bronze, russet and red 30 feet
Acer macrophyllum Bigleaf or Oregon Maple yellow-orange 75 feet
Acer mandshuricum Manchurian Maple rose-red 40 feet
Acer maximowiczianum Nikko Maple yellow, red and purple 30 feet
Acer miyabei Miyabe Maple pale yellow 40 feet
Acer oliverianum Maple orange and red 25 feet
Acer palmatums Japanese Maples Fall color Height
A. p. 'Amagi Shigure' Japanese Maple yellow-orange 6 feet
A. p. 'Aocha Nishiki' Japanese Maple gold, orange and red 6 feet
A. p. 'Aoyagi' Japanese Maple yellow 9 feet
A. p. 'Arakawa' Japanese Maple scarlett 12 feet
A. p. 'Atrolineare' Japanese Maple yellow 8 feet
A. p. 'Attraction' Japanese Maple crimson 20 feet
A. p. 'Aureum' Japanese Maple golden-yellow 10 feet
A. p. 'Azuma murasaki' Japanese Maple red 15 feet
A. p. 'Baldsmith' Japanese Maple orange 6 feet
A. p. 'Beni Shi En' Japanese Maple Orange 8 feet
A. p. 'Beni Tsukasa' Japanese Maple red 6 feet
A. p. 'Bloodgood' Japanese Maple crimson 18 feet
A. p. 'Butterfly' Japanese Maple rose-red to red-purple 18 feet
A. p. 'Chitose Yama' Japanese Maple crimson 9 feet
A. p. 'Coonera Pygmy' Japanese Maple orange-red 5 feet
A. p. 'Crimson Prince' Japanese Maple scarlet 18 feet
A. p. 'Emerald Lace' Japanese Maple burgundy-red 6 feet
A. p. 'Green Star' Japanese Maple yellow, orange and crimson 15 feet
A. p. 'Hogyoku' Japanese Maple orange 12 feet
A. p. 'Hohman's Variegated' Japanese Maple orange 10 feet
A. p. 'Hoshi Kuzu' Japanese Maple red 9 feet
A. p. 'Ibo Nishiki' Japanese Maple gold and red 12 feet
A. p. 'Ichigyoji' Japanese Maple yellow, gold and orange 15 feet
A. p. 'Inazuma' Japanese Maple crimson 10 feet
A. p. 'Japanese Sunrise' Japanese Maple gold 12 feet
A. p. 'Kagiri Nishiki' Japanese Maple rose and crimson 8 feet
A. p. 'Kamagata' Japanese Maple yellow, gold and red 6 feet
A. p. 'Kasagi Yama' Japanese Maple red 8 feet
A. p. 'Kasen Nishiki' Japanese Maple orange 12 feet
A. p. 'Kashima' Japanese Maple golden-yellow 3 feet
A. p. 'Katsura' Japanese Maple yellow and orange and some scarlet 12 feet
A. p. 'Kihachijo' Japanese Maple golden-yellow 12 feet
A. p. 'Kinran' Japanese Maple gold and crimson 10 feet
A. p. 'Kiri Nishiki' Japanese Maple gold 4 feet
A. p. 'Kiyohime' Japanese Maple gold and yellow 3 feet
A. p. 'Kogane Nishiki' Japanese Maple gold-orange 15 feet
A. p. 'Kogane Sakae' Japanese Maple gold with red 10 feet
A. p. 'Korean Gem' Japanese Maple yellow, orange and red 15 feet
A. p. 'Koto-no-ito' Japanese Maple yellow with a bit of crimson 6 feet
A. p. 'Kotohime' Japanese Maple yellow, gold and orange 5 feet
A. p. 'Kurabu Yama' Japanese Maple burnt orange 9 feet
A. p. 'Kurui jishi' Japanese Maple orange and yellow 5 feet
A. p. 'Mikawa Yatsubusa' Japanese Maple golden-orange 5 feet
A. p. 'Mizu Kuguri' Japanese Maple gold with crimson 5 feet
A. p. 'Muragumo' Japanese Maple crimson 12 feet
A. p. 'Nuresagi' Japanese Maple red 16 feet
A. p. 'O Kagami' Japanese Maple red 8 feet
A. p. 'Omato' Japanese Maple crimson 15 feet
A. p. 'Omure Yama' Japanese Maple gold, orange and crimson 10 feet
A. p. 'Orangeola' Japanese Maple red-orange 6 feet
A. p. 'Oregon Sunset' Japanese Maple orange, red 10 feet
A. p. 'Osakazuki' Japanese Maple scarlet 15 feet
A. p. 'Red Pygmy' Japanese Maple golden yellow spotted with crimson 8 feet
A. p. 'Sango-kaku' Coral Bark Maple apricot and gold 18 feet
A. p. 'Sazanami' Japanese Maple red 6 feet
A. p. 'Scolopendrifolium' Japanese Maple gold 9 feet
A. p. 'Seigai' Japanese Maple red 6 feet
A. p. 'Seigen' Japanese Maple gold 5 feet
A. p. 'Seiryu' Japanese Maple yellow, gold and crimson 12 feet
A. p. 'Sekimori' Japanese Maple yellow-gold 6 feet
A. p. 'Sharp's Pygmy' Japanese Maple orange 3 feet
A. p. 'Sherwood Flame' Japanese Maple red 10 feet
A. p. 'Shigure Bato' Japanese Maple gold and crimson 5 feet
A. p. 'Shishigashira' Japanese Maple orange and gold 8 feet
A. p. 'Sumi Nagashi' Japanese Maple crimson 15 feet
A. p. 'Takao' Japanese Maple gold 15 feet
A. p. 'Tamuke Yama' Japanese Maple crimson 6 feet
A. p. 'Tana' Japanese Maple golden-yellow tipped with crimson 6 feet
A. p. 'Tiny Leaf' Japanese Maple yellow, orange and red 8 feet
A. p. 'Trompenburg' Japanese Maple crimson 9 feet
A. p. 'Ueno Homare' Japanese Maple gold 12 feet
A. p. 'Ueno Yama' Japanese Maple gold and orange 12 feet
A. p. 'Ukon' Japanese Maple gold and yellow with a bit of red tone 7 feet
A. p. 'Villa Taranto' Japanese Maple golden yellow 6 feet
A. p. 'Viridis' Japanese Maple gold, orange and red 6 feet
A. p. 'Wabito' Japanese Maple scarlet 8 feet
A. p. 'Waterfall' Japanese Maple gold with touches of crimson 6 feet
A. p. 'Wou Nishiki' Japanese Maple crimson 9 feet
A. p. 'Yasemin' Japanese Maple red 10 feet
A. p. 'Yezo Nishiki' Japanese Maple carmine and scarlet 15 feet
A. p. 'Yubae' Japanese Maple red 12 feet
Acer pensylvanicum Striped Maple uellow 20 feet
Acer pseudosieboldianum Maple scarlet to orange 20 feet
Acer rubrum 'Fairview Flame' Red maple bright red to scarlet 50 feet
Acer rubrum 'Red Sunset' Red Sunset Maple bright red 70 feet
Acer rufinerve Redvein Maple yellow-orange to red 35 feet
Acer shirasawanum Maple Fall Color Height
A. s. 'Aureum' Golden Full Moon Maple gold and red feet
A. s.'Junihitoye' Maple golden-yellow 12 feet
A. s. 'Microphyllum' Maple golden-yellow 15 feet
A. s. 'Palmatifolium' Maple yellow, orange and crimson 15 feet
Acer sieboldianum 'Sode No Uchi' Maple yellow with red tones 10 feet
Acer tataricum
subspecies ginnala 'Durand Dwarf'
 Amur Maple bright red 5 feet
Acer triflorum Three-flower Maple yellow with red speckles 12 feet
Acer truncatum Shantung or Purpleblow Maple yellow 12 feet

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