Acer campestre 'Carnival' makes a stunning specimen in container or garden with its compact size and variegated leaves.

Acer 'Morning Starburst' is an elegant addition to the garden that offers spectacular burgundy and red tones in the fall.

The paperbark maple, Acer griseum, is a distinctive species with beautiful exfoliating bark and fall colour.

Acer palmatum 'Fireglow' is a heat-tolerant Japanese maple with pinkish-red leaves in spring becoming purple-red in fall.

Acer palmatum 'Mikawa Yatasubusa' is a compact Japanese maple with young chartreuse-green foliage turning to yellows and reds in fall.

Acer palmatum 'Purple Ghost' has deep purple-red leaves with prominent black veins turning fiery-red to orange in fall.

Acer palmatum ‘Sango Kaku’ is the famous coral bark Japanese maple with fall, winter, and spring bark in shades of coral red and salmon.

Acer palmatum 'Tsukasa Silhouette' is a vigorous upright deciduous tree with a very narrow form with small green leaves and brilliant fall colour.

Acer palmatum 'Twombly's Red Sentinel' is a columnar Japanese maple with red spring foliage to brilliant red with orange hues in the Fall.

Acer palmatum 'Ukigomo' or floating cloud Japanese maple is the most spectacular of variegated cultivars.

Acer palmatum 'Ukigomo' or floating cloud Japanese maple is the most spectacular of variegated cultivars.

Acer shirasawanum 'Moonrise' has yellow-green to golden foliage with stunning red new growth.

Acer 'Joe Witt' is an excellent snakebark maple with bold white, silver and green striations with red highlights that become more pronounced with time.

Andropogon 'Blackhawks' is a big, bold grass with deep purple leaf tips and burgundy red inflorescences in mid summer all becoming purple black in fall.

Andropogon gerardii 'Holy Smoke' is a big bluestem with green to purple, pink and red foliage with golden brown flowers.

'Rain Dance' big bluestem forms a vertical column of grassy foliage that turns red by midsummer and maroon in the fall.

Andropogon 'Red October' is a big, bold, upright grass turning bright red then smoky purple beginning in midsummer.