Olsen’s Frosted Strawberry Japanese Maple – 3 Gallon Pot

Acer palmatum ‘Olsen’s Frosted Strawberry’

A new Japanese Maple for us that we’ve become absolutely smitten with, Olsen’s Frosted Strawberry sports reticulated leaves with prominent and lasting venation like the Ghost maples and wows with never-ending, fantastic changing colors that are a joy to watch through the seasons. The amount of sun exposure, temperatures and perhaps soil conditions from month-to-month or season-to-season can definitely make this tree an amazing chameleon, and the colors can even change from year to year. Nothing in your garden will look like this extraordinary cultivar. It’s beautiful all year round, and the spring color will knock your socks off. In spring, the leaves on ours emerge a pinkish orange quickly transition to a brilliant pink and then beautiful purple pink with deep green veining. Some say theirs transitions to an orange-pink. Either way, the colors are fabulous. In summer the leaves transition to a cream or white with red veining, hence the name, while a heavy second flush of new leaves emerge a brilliant red to pink-red. Cooler temperatures in fall bring fiery orange to pinkish red shades. A slow grower that might reach 3 to 6 feet tall and wide at 10 years of age, Olsen’s Frosted Strawberry is truly a stand out in the garden and a delight to look at close up. Whichever colors are presented it will be a lovely highlight in your garden!

Note: Though some gardeners in cool-summer climates say they’ve had good success with Olsen’s Frosted Strawberry in full sun, based on our experience here in north central Georgia, we’ve found that its coloration is best with some filtered sun to shade during the hottest afternoon hours.