I was up in the mountains this past weekend and got to visit with one of my favorite trees — the striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum). I did some googling and it turns out striped maples are a lot of ...

What: Acer tegmentosum “Joe Witt,” a Manchurian snakebark maple, boasts beautiful highly striped white bark that brightens the shade garden and, together with its vase-like shape, creates a ghostly ...

There are plenty of good acers, but some of the very best for winter interest are the snakebark maples that take their name from the remarkable pattern on the trunk and branches. THESE stripes stay in ...