Q: My Japanese maple is behaving oddly. It has two types of leaves; part of it grows low to the ground with red leaves and the other grows straight up with green ones. How should I trim this strange ...

WHAT: Weeping Japanese maple, or Omurayama acer palmatum, has deeply dissected, palm-shaped leaves that provide interest from spring until late fall. New foliage starts out bright orange around the ...

Tips on growing and grooming weepers: • Consider the space, then pick the variety that will fit in it at its mature size. • Don't plant a weeper too close to pathways. Most people underestimate the ...

Q: My father recently died, and while I was out at his house taking care of issues, I noticed a baby weeping Japanese cut-leaf maple seedling under a beautiful specimen he had growing on the corner of ...

Japanese maples (Acer palmatum) are one of those trees that can really make a statement in the landscape. There are plenty of beautiful varieties that have distinct forms, whether that be upright and ...

"Read ‘em and weep," the poker players say. People who plant a weeping tree in their yard certainly won’t cry. Rather, weeping trees with their long drooping branches add a note of peace and ...

On four acres of pine forest northeast of the intersection of U.S. 17 and N.C. 210 in Hampstead, Thomas and Nancy Ash grow thousands of Japanese maples. Most of the trees at Ash's Japanese Maple ...