‘Autumn Blaze’ is a new hybrid cross between a red and silver maple with fast growth rate, brilliant fall color and good drought tolerance.Įxcerpted from my book, New England Getting Started Garden Guide. ‘Silver Queen’ is a good silver maple selection. ‘Cinnamon Flake’ is a newer paperbark maple hybrid that’s hardy to zone 5. ‘Green Mountain’ is a good sugar maple selection. ‘Armstrong’, ‘October Glory’ and ‘Red Sunset’ are some of the red maples with particularly good fall foliage color. Avoid planting invasive maples, such as ‘Norway maple ( A. Additionally, use well-draining potting soil and provide the tree with enough sunlight and water to. For a more ornamental tree, try the paperbark maple for its shorter stature (30 feet tall) and exfoliating cinnamon-brown bark. so its best to choose a pot at least 2 feet deep and wide. Their shallow roots with buckle pavement. But don’t plant silver maples near a sidewalk or driveway. In wet areas near ponds or streams, select silver maples. Neither condition is a concern.įor shade trees, grow red maples ( A. Trees may get black tar spot blotches on their leaves during wet summers or leaf scorch during hot, dry conditions. Silver maples have weak wood that often breaks in storms. Remove dead, diseased and broken limbs as needed. Plant Type: Dormant, bare-root Zones: 3-8 Soil Type: Loamy & Sandy Soils Site Selection: Full Sun, Partial Sun, Shade Mature Height & Width: 50-70 Height. Maples require little care and pruning once established. Fertilize young trees in spring with a tree plant food. When grown as a lawn tree, create a mulch ring around the tree to keep the soil evenly moist and protect the tree trunk from damage due to lawn mowers and string trimmers. Once established, older trees are drought tolerant. saccharinum) are tolerant of seasonal flooding. Sugar maples are not tolerant of salt spray, heat and air pollution. Avoid alkaline soils since they can cause nutrient deficiencies. Purchase trees from a local nursery and plant from spring to early fall in well-drained, moist, fertile soil in a full to part sun location. Maples are generally hardy throughout New England, but some hybrids may vary in their hardiness. ![]() saccharum) is famous for yielding sweet sap used to make maple syrup. Throughout New England, and especially where I live in Vermont, the sugar maple ( A. griseum) has attractive exfoliating bark that gives the tree winter interest as well. But maples aren’t just about the fall foliage. Here I’ll talk about the large maples that make great shade trees, add country charm to a residence and produce the highly desired fall foliage show. I covered the smaller growing Japanese maple in a separate section. People travel from around the world to see the fall foliage colors of New England and the maple is one of the primary trees making this display so amazing. Native, fall color, drought tolerance, deer resistant Grown mostly for its stature and vibrant, yellow, orange, and red fall leaf colors
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