Finally, another woodland habitat is occupied by the Italian maple, linden with heart-shaped leaves and oaks, while some zones are full of small-leaved lime, Italian maple, European hornbeam and Ostrya carpinifolia.

Trailed by her French sheepdog, Gorgeous, she pointed out favorites like a golden full-moon maple, a sun-loving Acanthus "blooming on Long Island in the shade," pineapple lilies (Eucomis) and an Italian maple monumentale towering over her angular brown house.

Acer opalus (Italian Maple) is a species of maple native to the hills and mountains of southern and western Europe, from Italy to Spain and north to southern Germany, and also in northwest Africa in Morocco and Algeria.

Acer ( Acer opalus subsp.