If you're looking to add a gorgeous tree with dazzling fall colors to your yard or garden, consider planting one of these 12 cultivars of Japanese maple trees.

See photos of the family-oriented program Magical Maple Trees, focused on teaching the origins of maple syrup, at Piney Run Park Nature Center on Wednesday, Feb. 24.

There's a lovely assortment of Japanese maple tree varieties that will bring beauty to your yard, and your trimming technique depends on the kind of growth pattern your tree has.

Arts & Entertainment Looking for a maple tree? Try these three varieties The hybrid maples commonly have sunscald and other issues, but these three will do well in North Texas.

Arts & Entertainment How to choose the right maple tree for North Texas Not all maple tree varieties work well in our soils. Here are the good and bad choices.

In certain cultures around the world, the maple tree is thought to have the ability to protect people.

Some varieties of Japanese red maple trees, such as the Oshio beni, turn an orange-tinged red as chilly temperatures creep in. Their red and purple colors come from pigments called anthocyanins.

Some varieties of maple have exfoliating bark, which means the bark naturally peels back as the tree matures, in which case the reaction you are seeing is perfectly normal.

Symptoms of maple decline include partial or entire crown dieback, discoloration and reduced size of the leaves, crown thinning and death. Tree decline never happens overnight.

With lands within North America’s so-called Maple Belt, Canada is blessed with maple tree varieties that produce the highest quality sap – making maple syrup an emblematic product of the ...