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| | Japanese maples' time to shine |
 | | The stout hardwood maples of the forest, the native red and sugar maples, have their own majesty in fall leaf season, but if they represent a macro view of painted autumn, the Japanese maples are the microcosm of the season's end. |
 | | Botanists divide the predominant species of Japanese maple into seven groups, though all you need to know is that aside from the weeping form, which grows with age to about nine feet high and far more in spread, non-weeping Japanese maples fall into three basic sizes: small, medium and large. |
 | | In autumn, Japanese maples are at the peak of their beauty, in as many shades as leaf forms: crimson, purple, bright red, orange, yellow, and often a mix or succession of them all. |
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