Acers For Fall Color
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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