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Nhra_20 said:I'm jealous. Japanese maples do not grow good where I live. So I'm told anyways. Winters are too cold, and can't protect it from the northwest winds. So I got a Korean maple and a cross between a Korean × Japanese maple

This site lists several that are said to be hardy to zone 5. I've kept a 'Bloodgood' Japanese maple going here in zone 4 by surrounding it with burlap stuffed with straw each winter. It's multi-stemmed because the main stem did get killed back one winter, but still looks attractive. I don't know if it will ever get too big to wrap but it's made it through several winters.

http://www.japanesemaplesonlin...