Collecting Japanese Maples

More than 30 varieties of maples provide year-round beauty

Welcome to Cindy Bolz ’s Dallas garden .

I began this garden in 2001 . The yard was a blank slate of lawn with four pecan trees shading the expanse from noon on . I began call for Nipponese maples that class and now have 31 . I became a Master Gardener in 2013 , and my yard will be on the MG enlistment in spring 2020 . I spend a couple of hour a day work in my railway yard because I jazz the outcome . The warmth can be grueling , and right on now we are hitting 100 ° F in the afternoons .

Photo from 2001 , just after grease one’s palms the house .

A interchangeable view and different granddaughter from about 12 years afterwards .

Viridis Nipponese maple ( Acer palmatum‘Viridis ’ , Zones 5–9 ) and Encore ® azaleas ( Rhododendron‘Robles ’ , Zones 7–9 ) .

‘ Bloodgood ’ Japanese maple in a newly created island bed .

Container works in front of a ‘ Butterfly ’ Nipponese maple that last from pink to yellow to variegated livid and green each yr .

morn chocolate on my terrace .

Hellebores and ‘ Aconitifolium ’ Japanese maple ( Acerjaponicum‘Aconitifolium ’ , Zones 5–7 ) .

I made this by secure the hole in a basin and add a pump and bamboo fountain .

November is colourful , with many Japanese maples in different shadiness of orange and rust . From top left over , ‘ Dragon Tears ’ , ‘ Sango Kaku ’ , ‘ Viridis ’ , and ‘ Shishigashira ’ .

And spring ! This is a ‘ Garnet ’ Japanese maple in April .

Leatherleaf genus Mahonia ( Mohonia bealei , Zones 7–9 ) , ‘ Sparkler ’ carex ( Carexphyllocephala‘Sparkler ’ , Zones 7–10 ) , purplish oxalis ( Oxalistriangularis , Zones 7–10 ) , and white - veined pipevine ( Aristolochiafimbriata , Zones 7–9 ) .

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