Summer Red Maple Tree - 5 Gallon Pot
$98.99
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Summer Red Maple Tree - 5 Gallon Pot
$98.99
Sale price
$98.99
Regular price
$102.00
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Description
Summer Red Maple Tree
Acer rubrum 'HOSR'
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 3a-9b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Deciduous Shade Tree
Height at Maturity: 45'
Width at Maturity: 35'
Spacing: 20-25' apart for screens; 50'+ apart for space between trees; space trees at least 20' from a driveway
Growth Habit / Form: Upright, broad, oval
Growth Rate: Fast
Flower Color: NA
Flower Size: NA
Flowering Period: NA
Fragrant Flowers: NA
Foliage Color: Medium green turning orange, yellow, and burgundy in fall.
Fragrant Foliage: No
Fruit: No
Sun Needs: Full Sun or Mostly Sun, Morning Sun with Dappled or Afternoon Shade, Morning Shade with Evening Sun
Water Needs: Average, lower when established
Soil Type: Clay, Loam, Sandy (amended), Silt
Soil Drainage / Moisture: Well drained, moist
Soil pH: 5.5 - 7.0 (Acid to Slightly Acid)
Maintenance / Care: Low
Attracts: Birds, Visual Attention
Resistances: Drought (when established), Dry Soil, Heat, Sun, Disease, Deer
Description
Adding up to a whopping 6 feet in height per year, the Summer Red Maple is a unique from other red maple trees in that it not only produces outstanding red fall foliage color, but also produces red new leaves in spring and summer, hence the name. Leaves mature to a rich green. In fall, you can expect a spectacular show of orange, yellow, and red shades.
Summer Red is one of, if not the most heat tolerant and fast growing of the North American red maples. In 2013, we planted four Summer Red Maples in our north-central Georgia gardens. These trees were about 8 feet tall when planted. Five years later all four trees had grown to right around 35 feet in height!
Landscape & Garden Uses
Typically growing up to 45 feet in height by 35 feed wide, the Summer Red Maple is ideal for use as a specimen, in groupings or in straight or staggered rows as a screen or to delineate property lines or line a driveway. Also nice to provide shade near the home or around near sitting areas, to frame the corners of tall homes and other structures, and for reforestation projects. When planted on the west side of the home the shade provided will substantially reduce cooling costs. A fine addition to red theme gardens, wildlife gardens and sunny woodland borders.
Suggested Spacing: 20 to 25 feet apart for screens; 50 feet or more apart for space between trees; space trees at least 20 feet from a driveway
Growing Preferences
Thriving as far south as USDA Zone 9b and north to Zone 3a, the Summer Red Maple is exceptionally adaptable and easy to grow in almost any climate and environment. In our gardens, no amount of extreme weather has hindered the strong performance of this amazing maple tree. Our temps here in north-central Georgia can reach 100 degrees or more in summer with long periods of little to no rain. The Summer Red Maple grows best in a moist but well-drained soil of average fertility and in full sun to part shade. Established trees are very drought tolerant.
Helpful Articles
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How To Plant A Maple Tree
How To Fertilize, Prune & Water A Maple Tree
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