![]() My recommendation is to go ahead and buy a red leaf Japanese maple if you want, especially if you want to add a little excitement(hint hint, wink wink) to the backyard. “Now I know why you bought those twenty red leaved barberries!” On a side note, the color red has been found to induce sexual desire in both men and women. It’s even been shown that the color green facilitates creative performance. Too much red? It might look nice on 1st glance, but live with it everyday and it might seem a bit much. A landscape lacking green is not usually very appealing. Green is the most underrated color in the landscape. Then your purple colored leaves start to take over your garden. The problem is when you plant a bunch of these trees and then they grow. A red or purple leaf plant that gives color most of the year has an obvious appeal. They also change color very late in the season, thus extending fall color almost to winter.īut why do most people buy Japanese Maples? It’s the red to purple leaf color. Depending on the cultivar, their leaves can become various shades of blood red, glowing gold, or brilliant orange. Japanese maples look their best in autumn. photo credit: doug_wertman via photopin ccĮven a newly planted small Bloodgood Japanese maple adds nice fall color to the garden You can get ones that grow into trees or shrubs. This is especially true for odd balls that read blogs about plants, landscaping, pruning, etc. In a few years, the number of home gardeners that DON’T have one or two somewhere in their yard will be very small. However, if you see the pallets full of them at Home Depot every year, you probably agree they will be soon. OK, I know they are really not THAT overplanted yet. This is odd, because purple leaf Japanese maples are one of the most over used ornamental trees. ![]() Green leaf Japanese maples are one of the most under used plants. ![]()
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