Getting To Know: North Wind Korean Maple - November 2025

Earlier last week, I posted a close-up of the fall colors on the Arctic Jade Korean Maple and talked about how I'm (already) thinking about another Korean Maple tree from the Jack Frost collection.   I bought the Arctic Jade from The Growing Place and when I was there earlier this year, I saw another Korean Maple from the Jack Frost Collection:  North Wind Korean Maple.  Here, below, is a photo of the sign from The Growing Place. 

Here's the description from Iseli Nursery's website:

The North Wind® maple is our flagship of the hardy Jack Frost® maple collection. It has been unscathed in Midwest field testing, surviving temperatures of -30°F. The palmate leaves emerge red in spring and change to green by midsummer. Showy pink samaras standout against the green summer foliage. When other fall color has faded in northern landscapes, North Wind® continues the show with dramatic tones of orange and scarlet.

Negative thirty degrees is great.  It emerges red and turns green.  And, it sounds like it is a late-fall color changer, which sounds great.  

Here, below, is a look at the tree in the nursery.  It is single-trunk and is considered a 'broad upright'.  

Sure seems like the next logical step for Korean Maples in the garden, doesn't it?  

Here below is the point-of-sale signage from Iseli's site, too.  Note the location;  Sun to Partial Shade. 

That sun tolerance opens up tons of opportunities.   Something to plan for over the Winter to go in the ground in 2026.