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 ...