Description | Fall Fiesta Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum) is a Sugar Maple hybrid with excellent fall foliage and a high resistance to environmental problems. |
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Plant Type | Trees Coniferous |
Hardiness Zone | 4 |
Sunlight | full, some shade |
Moisture | average |
Soil & Site | average, tolerant of compact soils |
Fruit | samars |
Leaves | The plant has smooth green leaves with a simple lobed shape. In the fall, the leaves turn shades of orange and red. |
Dimensions | 50 by 40 feet (HS) |
Propagation | PP11,119, grafting |
Cultivar Origin | Selected in August of 1987 from a seedling block of Acer saccharum trees growing at Bailey Nursery, Inc. at Yamhill, Oregon. |
Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #93-North American Landscape Trees (Arthur Lee Jacobson), #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens website (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org) |