Family: Aceraceae
Scientific Name: Acer rubrum Franksred
Common Name: Red Sunset Maple
Description | One of the best and dependable of the red to red orange fall color Maples. |
Pronunciation | {AY-ser)(ROO-brum) |
Plant Type | All Plants, Trees Deciduous |
Hardiness Zone | 3-9 |
Sunlight | full |
Moisture | average, moist |
Soil & Site | average, moist |
Flowers | red buds, red to red orange flowers |
Fruit | red samaras (winged fruit) |
Leaves | glossy green leaves 3-5 lobed, brilliant red fall color, red petioles, |
Stems | red twigs, smooth silver gray trunk |
Dimensions | 40-60 feet tall, oval crown, grows faster than Sugar Maples but slower than Silver Maples |
Misc Facts | Introduced in 1966 by J. Frank Schmidt & Son Company from in Boring Oregon (USA). |
Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr) |
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