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After the Martinezes moved in, they received a letter from one of the original owners’ sons regarding the property’s Japanese maple trees.

The cloaked trees have created a mysterious and striking effect across the city and its suburbs, with purple and green leaves of Japanese maples or elms barely visible behind translucent tulle.

Finely cut leaves of Japanese maples dangled spangling drops.

Arizona ash, Japanese maples and Washington hawthorn trees offer more color along this route.

Small, deciduous trees and shrubs, such as the contorted hazelnut or a lacy Japanese maple, live happily in containers for years and look lovely in springtime surrounded by crocus and then tulips.