Question: The past 2 days the maples have been at the stage where some are red orange and some are lime green. I've been told this is perfect and imperfect flowers?
Answer: The difference in color in red maples may be due to the perfect and imperfect flowers. For an interesting, comprehensive treatment of the question, please visit the links below.
http://piedmontdiscovery.blogspot.com/2010/03/maple-flowers-opening.html
http://northernwoodlands.org/articles/article/flower-show-in-the-woods
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