Buy Acer palmatum 'Seiryu'

Surprise! This unique laceleaf Japanese maple has an upright, not cascading, form. Its lacy leaves emerge green with red highlights, then become light green by summer. On exposed leaves, red margins appear. Striking fall colors include tones of red, orang

The only ?laceleaf? maple with upright (rather than weeping shrub-like) habit, this small spreading tree with its delicate finely-cut leaves provides spectacular orange-red fall color and ease of care. PSh/M

Seiryu Japanese Maple is an exciting upright lace leaf variety! The finely dissected green foliage is bright green with red undertones. Fall colors can be yellow to orange to red, usually with a mix of tones. Seiryu Japanese Maple is an unusual specimen with an upright, vase-shape instead of a cascading or weeping form like most lace leaf maples!

Seiryu' is the only fully upright green laceleaf Japanese Maple variety and has a very distinct appearance. It has the medium-sized form of upright Japanese Maple varieties but also includes the delicate lacey foliage of many weeping varieties. These usually look best when grown with multiple trunks that twist and bend around each other to form a wider shrub-like plant, like in the picture below.

This is an upright green lace leaf maple. This plant has fine textured leaves that look like the lace leaves, but it is an upright tree to 15’. Great yellow fall color.

This cultivar is in both the dissectum group and palmatum group because it is an upright tree and a lace leaf but not a weeping maple. In Japanese the name means ‘blue-green dragon’. This lovely and graceful maple is one of the few upright lace leaf maples. The dissected leaves give this cultivar an overall look of delicacy. Seiryu starts out light green in the spring turning a beautiful lawn green in the summer and then evolves to a crimson red fall display. The lacy leaves are smaller than most dissectum weepers. Though it looks delicate this hardy maple can take full sun to mostly shade and everything in between. The natural growth habit is tree-like with multiple branches that move with the wind. In 10 years Seiryu may reach 10-11’ tall and 6’ wide. Not really a shade tree – more wispy-like allowing filtered sun to pass through. For this reason Seiryu can handle the wind. This maple is so different from other Japanese Maples it can be the focal point of a garden because it is so unique. Once established this cultivar is hardy to USDA zone 6. A collector’s must.

Upright, densely branched, vase-shaped form that displays finely dissected rich green foliage. Fall foliage any combination of red, pink, gold, and orange.

'Seiryu' exhibits an upright habit, unusual in the dissectum group of maples. Spring leaves are green tinged with red. Red reappears on late summer leaves followed by spectacular fall colors in variations of gold, yellow and crimson. The English translation means "blue-green dragon". A gardener favorite! Photo taken mid-October.

'Seiryu' is a unique lace-leaf upright tree with a vase-like shape. Its leaves emerge in spring a lovely green tinged with red. This green color lasts all summer and turns gold, red, and orange in fall. The upright growth is quite energetic and may reach 12 feet in 10 years. The name 'Seiryu' translates to "blue-green dragon".

This is a fascinating cultivar! It is the only strong upright growing lace leaf. Bright green leaves emerge in spring with red overtones turning to a pleasant light green in summer. Seiryu puts on an awesome show in autumn with various shades of bright gold and yellow.

The only upright laceleaf Japanese Maple, this one is small in stature and has delicate foliage. Light green summertime foliage, and in the fall it becomes a beautiful mix of yellow, orange, and red.

Dissectum Group - green. A one-of-a-kind from the dissectum group because of its unusual growth habit. This maple grows upright and does not weep. Very delicate looking leaf yet it resists scalding even when planted in full sun. Some literature notes yellow fall colors, but we always get a superlative red. One of the best, and outstanding for use as a small specimen tree. Grows to 8' in ten years and 15 to 20' in maturity. The Japanese name translates into "green dragon". Awards: Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. Award of Merit at Boskoop, the Netherlands.

The only upright growing cut-leaf Dwarf Japanese Maple! The beautiful vase shaped habit and soft texture of the bright green foliage makes this tree a wonderful addition to any garden. Fall colors range from light yellow to reds.

Green leaves with red tones and leaf edges. Fall gold, orange and crimson. Zones 6-8.

The only really good upright dissectum, the tree may reach 18' and is a delicate lacy light green. Zone 5. This photo is from Michael Healy.

DISSECTUM, green. 'Seiryu' is the only upright growing tree among the dissectum cultivars. Finely divided, small light green leaves become a veritable palette of red, pink, mauve, gold, and orange in the fall, varying from year to year with weather conditions. The tree has good form and is very densely branched.