The common name, Gold Calico Cloth Maple, refers to colorful patterns on the foliage as it changes through the seasons. Leaves start out brick red, almost black, in spring, and change to green burnished with red-bronze in summer. Fall changes them again into a patchwork of gold-orange-red, all of them decorated with fine, green venation. In winter, the slow-growing tree shows off its attractive branching and wide, spreading crown.

Spring foliage