Getting to Know Arctic Jade Korean Maple - May 2025

Last Summer, I posted a "getting to know" post about a new (to me) Korean Maple called Northern Glow.  After years of mixed results with Japanese Maples, discovering Korean Maple hybrids, introduced by Iseli Nursery in their "Jack Frost Collection" was an eye-opening moment.  We could get the same beauty of the Japanese Maple with a bit more cold tolerance via the Korean Maple hybrid.  What's not to love.    I ended up planting one in the Island Bed in the front yard.  Shaded it from the hot sun most of the Summer and it has come back really strongly this Spring.  

The Arctic Jade is another tree from the Jack Frost collection.  

Here is a photo from The Growing Place showing the Arctic Jade tree:

From the description on the Iseli Nursery site:

Acer x pseudosieboldianum Arctic Jade® is a member of our Jack Frost® collection of hybrid maples and is an excellent substitute for less hardy Japanese maples in harsh climate conditions. It has large green, deeply cut leaves reminiscent of A. japonicum ‘Aconitifolium’ with an excellent branching habit. In autumn, the foliage is an impressive canvas for the dazzling fusion of orange and red tones.

Green, deeply cut leaves.  That look like "Acontifolium" - that's a "Full Moon Maple".  Love them. 

Here's what the Arctic Jade leaf looks like:

Here, below, is a look at one of the Arctic Jade Korean Maples in our driveway (eek!).  Tall and (mostly) upright and more than eight-feet tall. 

That means...what comes next is a "planted" post.  Only piece of the puzzle remaining is the "where" it will go.  Backyard is a certainty, but going to look at a couple of spots.