AUTUMN BLAZE® MAPLE
AUTUMN BLAZE® MAPLE
Zones - 3-7
Description -
Outstanding vivid fall color. Drought tolerant maple hybrid combines the best qualities of its ancestors. Brilliant, long lasting orange-red foliage on dense, upright shade tree. Grows 4 times faster than other red maple hybrids. Rugged and well adapted to most soils. Improved resistance to damage from both leafhoppers and verticillium wilt. Thrives in much warmer climates extending well into the deep south and west. Classic form with oval head and ascending branching habit makes ideal lawn tree or front yard accent. Deciduous. Full sun. Very fast growth to 50 or 60 feet tall and about 40 feet wide.
Key Benefits
An improved hybrid with brilliant, long lasting orange-red fall color, a uniform branching habit and rapid growth rate. Thrives in much warmer climates extending well into the deep south and west. An excellent lawn, park or street tree. Deciduous.
Time of Flowering
Flowers are not noticable.
Average Landscape Size
Rapid grower 50 to 60 ft. tall, 40 ft. wide.
Water Needs
Once established needs only occasional water.
Sun Exposure
Full sun
Cold Hardiness
-40 to -30 F