The Shelina's Beauty Maple^TM PPAF

Acer freemanii x rubrum

  JSC proudly announces the discovery of the Shelina's Beauty Maple!  This tree is a variegated maple with color year round.  In the spring and summer the leaves exhibit a creamy yellow pigment to go along with the normal green color.  There is even different variations to how the leaves are variegated, some leaves have the yellow speckled along the green and others have large splotches of the yellow color.  Also, some leaves have more yellow than others, so the degree of variegation changes with each leaf.  The new growth of the Shelina's Beauty is an orange-red color for approximately three weeks before it turns to the normal yellow and green variegation.  In the fall the leaves turn to a burgundy mixture consisting of reds and pinks with a light yellow in the creamy variegated portion of the leaf.  All of this variety causes the leaves of this wonderful tree to be one of the most beautiful trees around!

The Shelina's Beauty is also extremely hardy.  It has already proven that it is both drought resistant and winter hardy.  In April 2007 the tree survived a very late freeze for our area in which temperatures dropped into the low 20's.  This was a particularly damaging freeze to most other trees because essentially all of them had budded already.

Also, in the Spring of 2007 middle Tennessee  underwent a 2 month drought in the time frame where the most rain of the year is expected.  Many annuals, perennials, shrubs, and trees were damaged or killed by the freeze and the following drought, but the Shelina's Beauty has continued to flourish.

The normal growth of this tree will reach a top height of 35-40 feet, and also can be sold as a clump because of its brilliant color making it excellent for all landscaping applications as a shade as well as ornamental tree due to its distinct and beautiful coloration as well as its versatility in size.

Due to the large amounts of photos that we have of the Shelina's Beauty, we have given it its own photo gallery.  If you would like to see pictures of the Shelina's Beauty please follow the link to the gallery.

We hope you are as excited as we are about this new, unique, and distinct maple.  There will be limited availability in 2010, please contact us for more information!