Hey there, I'm new to the forum and the first thing I do is asking questions ;P My neighbours have this beautiful tree but nobody really knows what kind of maple it is. I enquired at Esveld, other forums and even the gardener who had planted the tree could not help me because he had planted it more than 10 years ago. I love the green bark with its stripes (like 'coral bark' but green!). Other barks become corky with the time. Is it a normal green A. palmatum, 'Aocha nishiki' , 'Ao yagi' or maybe something completely different? Here it is:
I can't answer your question exactly, but I can tell you it is definitely not 'Aoyagi'; that one will never have any red on the leaves or petioles. Welcome to the forum!
Maybe this helps: The leaves are yellow-red in spring (as seen in the pictures above) and turn into dark green in late summer (as seen below) but I don't remember what autumn color it has... It has red flowers but I have never seen any fruits. Maybe it's sterile? Sorry for the bad quality. It was a windy day ;) Edit: Photo is from last year