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Buy Japanese Maples North Carolina
JAPANESE MAPLES THAT PERFORM EXCEPTIONALLY WELL IN NORTH CAROLINA
Buy Japanese Maples in North Carolina. Welcome to the premier place to buy Japanese maples nursery in the Carolinas. For the South, we are as local as you get with Japanese maples. We not only graft our Japanese maples locally in North Carolina, but we also grow our own rootstock. Over 50 years ago our grandmother planted Japanese maples in East Flat Rock, NC fairly close to where our nursery is today. In the fall we collect seeds from these Japanese maples that have been through the full gambit of southern weather. These Japanese maples have great genetics for thriving and doing well in the South as they have been through the extreme colds, freezes, droughts, and heat spikes we have experience since the late 1950's. These seedlings are what we use as the rootstock (or simply the roots) of each of our grafted Japanese maples. We feel this gives us and advantage locally here in South as our trees are well acclimated and adapted to our climate. Purchase the right Japanese for your garden here.
The Place to Buy Japanese Maples in North Carolina
Producing Over 1000 Cultivars of Japanese Maples in the Mountains of North Carolina!

These beautiful Japanese maples are at our nursery. This was taken in June of 2013 when our friends from "In The Garden With Bryce Lane" from UNC TV were filming a special on "Magnificent Maples" here at our nursery. You can click on the link to see the episode online.
Here in North Carolina we produce the largest selection of Japanese maples in the United States. There is no need to go anywhere other than right here on the East Coast. We graft and propagate over 1000 unique and different selections of Japanese maples. We are a small family nursery owned and operated by two brothers who enjoy providing exceptional Japanese maples that do well here in the Carolina's, especially the rare and hard-to-find varieties. We are passionate about what we do. We love sharing our enthusiasm and knowledge with our customers.

Brothers Tim Nichols (left) and Matt Nichols (right) who own and operate Nichols Nursery and MrMaple.com in East Flat Rock, NC
Located near Hendersonville, NC we are conviently located 20 minutes south of Asheville and 30 minutes north of Greenville, SC. We are only 1.5 hours away from Charlotte, NC. We are two hours east of Knoxville, Tennessee and only two hours north of Columbia, South Carolina. Many gardeners in the Atlanta, Georgia area make short 3 hour trips to visit the nursery. Being located in the Mountains of North Carolina there is quite a bit of fun and excitement when visiting the area. Many customers also visit the Biltmore Estate and Gardens, Chimney Rock, Pisgah National Forest or the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Not able to visit the nursery? No problem. We ship anywhere in the United States. We have custom designed boxes that help ship Japanese maples safely to your doorstep. Trees are shipped in their containers to make the transition from our nursery to your garden the safer and stress free. We treat each Japanese maple with a special spray that protects the Japanese maple from losing moisture during shipping. We ship using FedEx Ground and FedEx Home Delivery as they have proved to be the most reliable and most economical carriers of our Japanese maples. Being located in North Carolina, we have a prime shipping location for the East Coast. We can ship anywhere on the East Coast fairly quickly. Trees being shipped to the West Coast may take 4-5 days in shipment but always arrive in great condition. We ship on Mondays and Tuesdays to help prevent trees from being in shipment over the weekend. You can buy one of our Japanese maples here that will fit the needs of your garden, bringing beauty no other plant can match.
Acer oliverianum 'Hot Blonde' Golden Japanese Maple
5.0 / 5.0
48 Reviews
Acer oliverianum ssp. oliverianum X 'Hot Blonde' Zones 6-9 Heatseekers Series™ AREA 51 COLLECTION™ PLANTS THAT ARE OUT OF THIS WORLD 'Hot Blonde...
View full detailsAcer palmatum 'Anne-Irene' Japanese Maple
5.0 / 5.0
21 Reviews
Acer palmatum 'Anne-Irene'Rare Variegated SummerGold Japanese Maple Tree Zones 5-9 'Anne-Irene' leafs with bright golden yellow leaves that can ...
View full detailsAcer palmatum 'Blonde Beauty' Japanese Maple
5.0 / 5.0
10 Reviews
Acer palmatum 'Blonde Beauty'Reticulated Variegated Japanese Maple Zones 5-9 Acer palmatum 'Blonde Beauty' is a new reticulated Japanese maple wit...
View full detailsAcer palmatum 'Clarabell' Japanese Maple
5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
Acer palmatum 'Clarabell'Rare Japanese Maple Tree Zones 5-9 'Clarabell' is a relatively new cultivar that is quickly becoming one of our favorites...
View full detailsAcer palmatum 'Flavescens’ Weeping Japanese Maple
5.0 / 5.0
3 Reviews
Acer palmatum dissectum 'Flavescens' Green Laceleaf Japanese Maple Zones 5-9 'Flavescens’ is a nice weeping laceleaf that has a bright yellow gre...
View full detailsAcer palmatum 'Golden Falls' Weeping Golden Japanese Maple
5.0 / 5.0
34 Reviews
Acer palmatum 'Golden Falls'Rare Golden Weeping Japanese Maple Zones 5-9 'Golden Falls' is a brand new weeping selection of Japanese maple that ha...
View full detailsAcer palmatum 'Green Star' Japanese Maple
Acer palmatum 'Green Star'Green Star Japanese Maple Zones 5-9 'Green Star' is an excellent and beautiful Japanese maple by the late Dick Wolff of ...
View full detailsAcer palmatum 'Hanezu hagoromo' Orange Hagoromo Japanese Maple
5.0 / 5.0
7 Reviews
Acer palmatum 'Hanezu hagoromo'Orange Hagoromo Japanese Maple Zones 5-9 The "Orange Hagoromo" leafs out as a bright orange in the early spring. T...
View full detailsAcer palmatum 'Kinshi' Golden Threads Japanese Maple
5.0 / 5.0
5 Reviews
Acer palmatum 'Kinshi' Rare "With Golden Threads"Japanese Maple Zones 5-9 ‘Kinshi' is an excellent small tree with green thread-like foliage. The n...
View full detailsAcer palmatum 'La Diabla' Japanese Maple
5.0 / 5.0
12 Reviews
Acer palmatum 'La Diabla' Japanese Maple Zones 5-9 'La Diabla' is an amazing spring interest Japanese maple. In the early spring, 'La Diabla' puts ...
View full detailsAcer palmatum 'Little Alex' Dwarf Japanese Maple
Acer palmatum 'Little Alex' Rare Japanese Maple Zones 5-9 Acer palmatum ‘Little Alex’ bursts with cherry-red foliage in spring, deepens to rich m...
View full detailsAcer palmatum 'Lozita' Japanese Maple
5.0 / 5.0
2 Reviews
Acer palmatum 'Lozita' Red Japanese Maple Zones 5-9 Acer palmatum 'Lozita' is a nice red selection of Japanese maple that holds its color fairly w...
View full detailsAcer palmatum 'Miss Maple' Japanese Maple
5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
Acer palmatum ‘Miss Maple' Reticulated Variegated Japanese Maple Zones 5-9 'Miss Maple' is a new selection by Talon Buchholz that was found as a c...
View full detailsAcer palmatum 'Orion' Dwarf Red Japanese Maple
4.85 / 5.0
13 Reviews
Acer palmatum 'Orion'Dwarf Red 'Orion' Japanese Maple Zones 5-9 Acer palmatum 'Orion' is a dwarf red Japanese maple with yellow fall color that was...
View full detailsAcer palmatum 'Peridot Flame' Japanese Maple
5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
Acer palmatum 'Peridot Flame' Rare Peridot Flame Japanese Maple Zones 5-9 'Peridot Flame' has a light peach spring color maturing to an olive gree...
View full detailsAcer palmatum 'Sango kaku' Coral Bark Japanese Maple
4.97 / 5.0
67 Reviews
Acer palmatum 'Sango kaku'Coral Bark Sango kaku Japanese Maple Zones 6-9 ‘Sango kaku’ is a beautiful large coral bark Japanese maple. This Japanes...
View full detailsAcer palmatum 'Troll's Foot' Japanese Maple
Acer palmatum 'Troll's Foot' Rare Japanese Maple Zones 5-9 ‘Troll’s Foot’ is a striking upright Japanese maple known for its bold color and elega...
View full detailsAcer palmatum 'Verkade's Wintergold' Green Bark Japanese Maple
5.0 / 5.0
2 Reviews
Acer palmatum 'Verkade's Wintergold' Yellow Green Bark Japanese Maple Zones 5-9 Introduced by the famous Verkade's Nursery, 'Verkade's Winter Gold'...
View full detailsAcer palmatum 'Viridis' Japanese Maple
4.94 / 5.0
36 Reviews
Acer palmatum dissectum 'Viridis' Weeping Green Viridis Laceleaf Japanese Maple Zones 5-9 'Viridis' is a classic dwarf green Japanese maple selecti...
View full detailsAcer palmatum 'Waterfall' Japanese Maple
4.96 / 5.0
55 Reviews
Acer palmatum dissectum 'Waterfall' Weeping Green Laceleaf Japanese Maple Zones 5-9 'Waterfall' is a great weeping green laceleaf Japanese maple w...
View full detailsAcer palmatum 'White Peaches' Japanese Maple
Acer palmatum 'White Peaches'Reticulated Variegated Japanese Maple Zones 5-9 'White Peaches' is more white strand of 'Peaches and Cream' found at D...
View full detailsAcer palmatum 'Wildfire' Coral bark Winter Interest Japanese Maple
5.0 / 5.0
14 Reviews
Acer palmatum 'Wildfire'Rare Wildfire Coral Bark Winter Interest Japanese Maple Zones 6-9 Perhaps one of the most aptly named maples, 'Wild Fire...
View full detailsAcer palmatum 'Winter Red' Coral Bark Japanese Maple
4.91 / 5.0
11 Reviews
Acer palmatum 'Winter Red'Winter Red Coral Bark Japanese Maple Zones 6-9 ‘Winter Red' is an excellent rare Japanese maple selection with a brig...
View full detailsAcer palmatum 'Yellow Threads' Rare Japanese Maple
5.0 / 5.0
12 Reviews
Acer palmatum 'Yellow Threads' Rare Buchholz Nursery Introduction Japanese Maple Zones 5-9 'Yellow Threads' is perhaps one of the newest selections...
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