Fall color specialty tree with rain drops in the Pacific Northwest

Seed-Grown Japanese Maples · Pacific Northwest

A hand-grown piece
of future art.

You'll bring home a tree that has never existed before — and never will again. Grown from seed in the Pacific Northwest, for a garden that becomes more beautiful with every passing year.

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What makes this different

No nursery, no neighbor,
no one has this exact tree.

Most Japanese maples are grafted clones — hundreds of identical plants sharing the same genetics. Ours are grown from seed. That means the maple you choose from us is a biological original: its color, form, and seasonal character belong to it alone.

A hundred years from now, it could be the most distinctive tree on your street. Japanese maples grown this way live for generations — improving, deepening, becoming more themselves with every passing season. That's worth planting for.

01

Your garden gets
something no one else has

Every seed-grown maple is genetically unique. Its eventual silhouette, its autumn color, its pace of growth — unrepeatable. You're not buying a variety. You're choosing an individual.

02

Already at home
in the Pacific Northwest

Your tree has never known any other climate. Raised in PNW rain, light, and soil from its first days, it won't struggle to adapt — it already belongs here.

03

A tree that
rewards patience

The best gardens are built over decades. Our plants are chosen and grown for their long arc — the kind of presence that becomes more remarkable the longer you live with it.

The Plants

We don't list stock — every plant is one of a kind. Join the interest list and we'll match you.

Variegated Japanese maple with pink, cream, and green reticulated foliage

Seed-Grown · Acer palmatum

Variegated & Reticulated Forms

Each leaf a living watercolor of cream, blush, and green that no artist could replicate. These are the maples that stop people mid-stride. Every plant finds its own palette over the years.

Extreme close-up of deeply lobed Japanese maple leaf showing crimson veining and texture

Seed-Grown · Acer palmatum

Deeply Lobed Red Forms

Veins radiating like spokes, textures that catch light differently in every season. These bold-lobed reds become living sculpture — all year, every year, for as long as your garden exists.

Young green Japanese maple seedling with pink-blushed, deeply lobed leaves

Seed-Grown · Young Stock

Young Specimens

Start with something small and watch it become something extraordinary. The most rewarding way to grow a garden.

Cream and chartreuse Japanese maple with pink-edged foliage in nursery pots

Seed-Grown · Acer palmatum

Green & Cream Forms

Cooler, more restrained palettes that reward shade — delicate cream and chartreuse that glow against darker plantings and come alive in diffused PNW light.

Hand-propagated rhododendron with vibrant pink blooms and glossy leaves

Hand-Propagated · Specialty

Specialty Ornamentals

Beyond maples — hand-selected plants chosen for exceptional form, bloom, and long-term presence in Pacific Northwest gardens.

Specialty broadleaf tree in peak autumn color with morning rain

Form & Foliage Gardens

"You're not decorating a garden.
You're starting a relationship with a living thing."

We're a small-batch specialty nursery in the Pacific Northwest, growing seed-propagated Japanese maples and hand-selected ornamental plants. Small by design — because the plants we grow deserve attention, not volume.

We don't sell online. We show up at farmers markets and plant sales throughout the region, and we'd rather put the right plant in the right hands than move inventory. Tell us what you're looking for and we'll reach out when we have something that fits.

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Come see us in person

Upcoming
Markets

Follow us on Instagram for day-of updates on what we'll have at each market.

Saturdays · May–OctBellevue

Bellevue Farmers Market

Downtown Bellevue, WA

Seasonal
Saturdays · May–OctIssaquah

Issaquah Farmers Market

Pickering Barn, Issaquah, WA

Seasonal
Spring & FallVarious

PNW Plant Sales & Specialty Events

Puget Sound region — dates vary

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* Schedule updates throughout the season. Follow @formandfoliage for the latest.

Let's find your plant

Tell us what
you're looking for

We don't list stock — every plant is unique, and we'd rather match the right tree to the right person than sell into a cart.

Share what you're hoping to find and where you're located. We'll reach out when we have something that fits, or let you know when to find us at a market near you.

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We'll only use your email to follow up about plants. No spam, ever.

Thank you — we'll reach out when we have something right for you.