A Japanese maple tree is an ornamental tree that belongs primarily to the species Acer palmatum. There are hundreds of varieties of Japanese maples of varying sizes, forms, leaf types and colors.

They are usually tough and resilient, but brown foliage is a sign that your tree is not happy. Here are five common causes ...

Some varieties are small trees and reach heights of between 6 to 25 feet, while others are more like weeping shrubs. Your Japanese maples appears to be one of the small tree varieties.

With just three simple gardening tricks, you can protect your Japanese maples from leaf scorch and help them thrive in late ...

About the only other thing that bothers Japanese maple is thermal cycling - and the effect it has on bark. This tree's bark is relatively thin and often, during the depth of the winter when we ...

Japanese maple bonsai trees like morning sun and afternoon shade, so they do best on the east side of a house. “You want them to get sun, but not during the heat of the day, the real intense sun ...

Q. I have a three-year old Japanese dissected maple tree near my home. The trunk is about three and one-half inches in diameter. Very near the ground is a fork, with another about three feet up ...

The Japanese maple has no flowers to speak of. It is not a reservoir of life for native pollinators. It is somewhat expensive to buy and is slow to grow. Every garden should have one.

Q. I have a small, three-year-old Japanese maple tree that had red leaves when it was planted. Now, the leaves are green each year. Is there anything that I can do to make them red again? -- James ...

We have a beautiful red ornamental Japanese Maple tree for years and now it’s grown so much that it’s starting to cover my bathroom window. When is the best time to prune this tree, and… ...