Growth Habit & Size
Upright · Weeping
Small upright tree with partly pendulous outer branching; not a fully cascading laceleaf form.
PUNGO MAPLES
Virginia Beach Japanese Maple Nursery
Peaches And Cream
Acer palmatum
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Cultivar Description & Characteristics
Peaches And Cream is an exquisite reticulate cultivar featuring delicate creamy-white leaves highlighted by brilliant pink margins and green veins. The spring flush is breathtakingly colorful, offering a soft pastel aesthetic for sheltered garden spots. Through the summer, the leaves settle into a mottled green network with creamy undertones. Autumn concludes the season with a brilliant display of bright golden-yellow.
10-Yr Height
6.0
10-Yr Width
5.0
Seasonal Foliage Spectrum
Spring: Creamy-White
Summer: Mottled Green
Fall: Golden-Yellow
Sun Tolerance Ratings
Morning Sun
8 / 10
Afternoon Sun
4 / 10
☀️ Morning Sun Guidance:
Delicate creamy-white leaves highlighted by brilliant pink margins open in soft pastel aesthetic.
☀️ Afternoon Sun Guidance:
Reticulated variegation requires afternoon protection from intense heat.
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Get to know your maple
What do these growth habit terms mean?
More than one term can apply. Branch direction, crown shape and size describe different characteristics, and the outline can change as a tree matures.
- Upright
- Main stems and branches emphasize upward growth. An upright tree can still develop a broad canopy.
- Spreading
- Branches extend outward to form a broad canopy. The tree does not have to be wider than it is tall.
- Weeping
- Branches or branchlets arch or hang downward. The tree can still have an upright trunk.
- Rounded
- The crown has a rounded outline. This describes the overall shape rather than the direction of each branch.
- Dwarf
- A cultivar with a smaller natural stature than typical forms of its species. Dwarf describes size, not branch direction or a fixed height limit; it does not automatically mean slow growth.
For example: Bloodgood can grow upright while developing a broad, rounded canopy with spreading branches.
Learn more: NC State plant forms · Bloodgood profile · RHS trees for smaller gardens
Roots & heritage
The story behind Peaches And Cream
- Cultivar origin
- Yamina Rare Plants, Australia
- Discovered / selected by
- Arnold Teese
'Peaches And Cream' is an Australian Japanese maple selection credited directly to Arnold Teese by his nursery, Yamina Rare Plants. That original-nursery account establishes the selector but gives no selection or introduction date. Maple Ridge Nursery reports discovery as a seedling at Yamina in 1980, while another nursery account gives 1976; an exact origin year therefore remains unresolved. Parentage accounts also vary, and Yamina's current description does not document a controlled cross, so no hybridizer or definite parental combination is assigned here. Selection should likewise remain distinct from commercial introduction, for which a verified first date was not established. Yamina describes cream-colored new growth with peach-toned tips, the foliage combination reflected in the cultivar's name.
Explore the sources behind this story
Yamina Rare Plants — original nursery explicitly credits Arnold Teese with selection; describes cream growth and peachy tipsMaple Ridge Nursery — reports seedling discovery at Yamina Rare Plants, Australia, in 1980Plant Lust — nursery-contributed accounts give differing dates and parentage, supporting caution about those detailsRoyal Horticultural Society — Acer palmatum 'Peaches and Cream' cultivar profileUSPTO Patent Public Search — official portal accessed; cultivar-specific registry results could not be retrieved; patent status unverifiedUSPTO Trademark Search — official portal accessed; cultivar-associated registration could not be verified; trademark field left null
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