It needs no trimming to develop a beautiful, rounded crown, just trim up the trunk when young to the height you need for clearance underneath, and get ready to put out the barbecue and picnic table. It grows best in damper soils, but it is also very drought-resistant once established. Plant your Autumn Flame Red Maple in sun or partial shade, in any kind of soil.
Perfect lawn specimen for your new home – or any home. Hardy to minus 40 degrees, but grows well in Florida too. Easily grown in any type of soil and drought resistant. Spectacular brilliant scarlet fall color. So if you would love a colorful maple tree, but don’t want the pesky seeds, this is the tree for you. Unlike most other maples, this tree does not produce those annoying maple seeds, or ‘keys’ as they are known, which make such a mess and can sprout all over your garden. The Autumn Flame Red Maple grows to around 50 feet tall and as much across, in time, and especially during its early years it can grow 3 feet in a year, so it will soon be a great specimen in your garden. It is a rapid growing tree, with a well-formed rounded crown that is an ideal choice for a shade tree on your lawn, for a specimen tree anywhere in the garden, for a privacy screen, or even as a beautiful bonsai tree. The Autumn Flame Red Maple is a selected form of the native red maple tree, with outstanding fall colors of crimson and scarlet, turning red early in the season and holding well throughout the fall. We've gotta protect good ole' Mother Nature, after all. While we wish we could serve everyone, it's for the safety of native species and helps prevent the spread of invasive disease & pests. The short & sweet answer is: "United States Department of Agriculture Restrictions." Every state has their own unique USDA restrictions on which plants they allow to come into their state. You will receive email notifications along the way on the progress of your order, as well as tracking information to track your plants all the way to their new home! Why are some states excluded from shipping? Orders typically ship out within 2 business days. How does the delivery process work?Īll of our orders ship via FedEx Ground! Once your order is placed online, our magic elves get right to work picking, staging, boxing and shipping your trees. You'll find we carry young 1-gallons, up to more mature 7-gallons ranging anywhere from 6 inches to 6ft. While the industry-standard terminology is to call the sizes "Gallon Containers", that doesn't exactly translate to the traditional liquid "gallon" size we think of. Nursery containers come in a variety of different sizes, and old-school nursery slang has stuck. Louisville Plants That Are Most Easily Confused With This One: Red Oak, other Oaks…dr.All tree, and nothin' but the tree! We measure from the top of the soil to the top of the tree the height of the container or the root system is never included in our measurements. Size of Fruit: Between a Quarter and the Length of a Credit Cardįruit Desirable to Birds or Squirrels: YesĬommon Name(s): Red Maple, Scarlet Maple, Swamp Maple Size of Individual Flower: Smaller than a Quarter Shape of Individual Flower: Radially Symmetrical Patterns of Main-Veins on Leaf (or Leaflet): PalmateĬhange in Color of Foliage in October: Changes to Reddish-Orange Length of Leaf (or Leaflet): Length of a Credit Card and a Writing-Pen Stem (or Trunk) Diameter: More Than The Diameter of a Coffee-MugĬharacteristics of Mature (Brownish) Bark: Lines Go Up-Down And it can grow at altitudes of 6000 feet, but is usually planted in the United States as a street and yard tree.įamily Name (Scientific and Common): Acer Maple from Newfoundland south to southern Florida all the way west to east Texas. Red Maple ranges in areas of growth throughout the East Coast of the U.S. The wood of the red maple is pretty soft and can be used to make smaller objects like clothes hangers, interior finish, and furniture. The leaves are also used for cinnamon, brown, and black dyes, by the early pioneers for various clothing, and materials, and sugar can also be extracted although its in very small quantities compared to that of the sugar maple. 
The color of the tree in the fall is fiery red and can be seen from an airplane. Out of all the maple trees on the east coast, the red maple has the widest distribution of growth.
Also known as the scarlet and swamp maple it easily recognized from the fiery red leaves it drops in the fall. Some examples are place mats, and wall decorations. The Red Maple is widely recognized by its leaves and used in craft products. The Red Maple was used by the early settlers to this area for ink due to the color of the leaves.
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