White striations make this light gray-green bark sing
bright yellow-green margins in spring—the showy cousin of the quieter Alder species
Mature size: 12 – 24 inches T x 8 – 12 inches W and clumping
New spring leaves emerge in warm shades of peach-pink
From the margins of woods and cool mountain slopes of China and Japan
Acer triflorum, Three-flowered Maple Size:3 ft multistemmed; at nursery only White striations make this lightLight green trifoliate leaves form the canopy of this shade tree. Those leaves are similar, but larger, to that of the Paperbark Maple (Acer griseum) It's deciduous, densely branched, has exciting, exfoliating, ash brown bark that reveals orange brown inner bark, and flaming orange color in fall. Put it all together: light green, ash brown, orange brown, flaming orange in fall and you have plenty going on! Mature size: 30 ft T x 25 ft W Minimum