Getting to Know Acer pseudosieboldianum 'Northern Glow' - Korean Maple - June 2024

Over the years, I've come across Korean Maples that are hybrids with Japanese Maples.  Famously, the folks at Iseli Nursery have introduced a collection of "Jack Frost Maples" that are hybrids of Acer palmatums and Acer pseudosieboldaianum - Japanese and Korean Maples - that have been 'evaluated and selected to tolerate the dramatic weather shifts of the upper Midwest of North America.'

The upper midwest?  That's us.  

So, when I was at The Growing Place and came across an affordable ($174.00) Northern Glow Korean Maple, I figured it was time to come home and go into our garden.  Below is the sign from TGP that calls it a cold-hardy tree that mostly resembles the Japanese Maple parent.

And, here below, is a look at the tree that is currently stashed in the island bed by our driveway.  

What do people say about the Northern Glow Maple?  iTrees has this listing:

Northern Glow® Maple combines the character of a Japanese Maple and the cold hardiness of a Korean Maple. Its graceful wide-spreading branches are covered in rich green leaves in the summer which will transition from bright orange-red to deep red in the fall. This tree is a total delight in the landscape and offers ornamental interest and a zen quality to any landscape bed, patio, or garden area.

Sounds great, right?

Now I have to figure out where it should go.  The easy answer is the backyard.  One reason is that it boasts of "Walnut Toxicity Resistance" - per McKay Nursery.  But, I'm thinking this should go in front and be part of the anchoring of a front-yard garden/conifer garden.  Everyone says it can handle more sun that most JMs.  

Time is now to get it in before the heat of the Summer.