Categories DavidRed, blue: acer leaves in spring Post author By David Post date 15 June 2017 japanese acer leaves have vivid autumn colours, reds and yellows. Some varieties have are red from when the foliage emerges in the spring, like this one I noticed in a front garden and pictured against the blue sky of a sunny morning. ← Red hot poker flowers → Greylag geese and goslings, West Park