'Florida Flame' is a large tree that will grow to 45 to 50 feet tall with a spread of 20 to 30 feet. It features bright red emerging foliage and brilliant fall color.

Buy It: Bareroot Red Maple Tree, $18.99, Arbor Day Foundation Those maple flowers turn into those propeller “spinners” that twirl down to the ground in the spring.

Amur maple might not be an obvious choice for a formal setting, but the tree is well-suited to a naturalistic landscape. Multitrunk forms are good in a mixed hedgerow, as an informal hedge or even ...