What: You can’t walk by this tree without noticing the chestnut-brown peeling bark. Attractive year-round, Acer griseum’s warm, rich bark makes an especially welcome contribution to our winter gardens ...

In my continuing quest to both locate and profile plants that provide visual interest during our long winters, I took a recent stroll through Manito Park. I came across several small trees with ...

Adding one or two trees to your yard with leaves in shades of crimson, gold, russet or burgundy is a wonderful way to introduce vibrant color, ornamental detail and structure. The color palette of ...

Handsome, hardy trees that grow slowly and never achieve a great height or spread are like gold dust to the gardener. You can plant them as specimens in lawns or borders, safe in the knowledge that ...

More from RTÉ Guide Plant of the Week: Acer griseum Some trees provide interest even now, before the leaves emerge. One such tree is the beautiful paperbark maple, Acer griseum. This is a slow-growing ...

Maples are justly famed for their fiery autumn leaves. In the eastern United States, the sugar-maple forests are an annual draw for tourists. Sugar maple, Acer saccharum, does not colour so well in ...

Several outstanding trees capture our attention in winter. The coral bark maple (Acer palmatum ‘Sango kaku’) has beautiful coral-red branches. The Tibetan cherry (Prunus serrula) has a polished ...

Q: My red acer tree started going into leaf then the leaves dried up and died. Will it come back next year? PS, West Midlands, England A: The Acer genus is a large, diverse and geographically ...