Emerald Lace 10/17/07

This attractive dissectum is known for its darker green color in summer, later turning bright red in fall.

N C Red 10/17/07

North Carolina (Green Thumb) Red is not listed in any of the literature, but it's got great color in spring and fall.

Brocade 10/17/07

Brocade is a dissectum with a cascading shape, and its color is more subtle than most. Throughout its growing season, the colors are muted greens and reds with a little grey.

Beni Kawa 10/17/07

Beni Kawa is mostly known for its colorful red stems in the winter, even better color than Sango Kaku. Leaf color is green in spring and summer, but turns a lovely yellow-gold in autumn.

Palmatifolium 10/17/07

This is a Japonicum, and therefore has sensational fall colors, usually reds, golds and yellows.

Beni Tsukasa 10/17/07

The color possibilities with Beni Tsukasa are endless. Mine leafs out in spring with a shrimp/peach color with some pale yellow; in summer it turns pink and red with some green; and in fall nearly anything can happen, though this last year it decided to go yellow.

Waterfall 10/17/07

This beautiful cascading dissectum is almost an icon in Japanese maple gardens because of its mushroom shape. It leafs out in spring with a light fresh green that it maintains through summer, going gold in the fall sometimes with a tint of pink or red.

Octopus 10/17/07

Like its name suggests, Octopus tends to grow horizontally. This cultivar has great color all year: pinkish-red in spring, orangish-red with overlays of green in summer, and bright red in the fall.

Van der Akker 10/17/07

There's virtually nothing written about this cultivar in the literature. However, it's a delicate dissectum with stunning fall colors. I've seen the name spelled in a variety of ways, but this is how Vertrees/Gregory spell it.

Heptalobum Rubrum 10/17/07

Vertrees/Gregory say this is an old Dutch cultivar. Though I enjoyed it in spring and summer, I wasn't prepared for the fabulous fall yellow/red colors which I think are brilliant.

Shaina 10/17/07

Shaina is colorful throughout the growing season going from red to reddish-purple to crimson. The middle lobe is often rounded, a characteristic seen also on Aratama and Elizabeth, so one can suppose they are all witches' brooms.

Aka Kawa Hime 10/17/07

Aka Kawa Hime is a semi-dwarf form of Sangu Kaku and is grown to some degree for its red stems. In spring it's yellow-green, and in fall one sees gold, red and yellow colors.