You don't have to miss out on the stunning beauty of maple trees just because you have a compact yard. Consider these maple species for your small garden.

A large selection or compact cultivars make wonderful accents for any landscape. Japanese maple tends to leaf out early, so it may be injured by spring frosts.

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. Few other ...

Most of the Japanese maples that I come across are going to be less than 10 feet tall, and have a canopy spread of just a few feet, with lots of room between branches.

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 ...

These stately trees can provide the high shade or dappled shade that Japanese maples crave. Plus, their large, upright mature size is a nice complement to the shorter stature of the Japanese maple.