Acer freemanii - Autumn Blaze Maple

Variety overview

Specifications :

Origin:

Hybride A. rubrum x A. saccharinum

Habit:

Medium-sized tree, 10-12 (15) m height, depending on variety even taller, width varying, regular crown, fast-growing.

Flowers:

Before leaves shoot in March, varying orange-red flower panicles.

Leaves:

Deciduous, three to fivelobed, fresh green above, greyish green beneath, slotted; striking yellow orange to red autumn colour
following warm summers, sometimes bicoloured leaves.

Bark:

Some varieties silvery grey, shoots greyish brown.

Roots:

Cordate with fine, wide spread root system.

Demands:

Sun to no direct sun, frost hardy, thrives even in compressed soil, somewhat sensitive to warmth, resistant to wind and urban climates.

Soil:

All nutritious soils, evenly fresh to moist, will not grow well in loam and clayey soils, calcifuge, tolerates higher pH than A. rubrum.

Note:

The hybrid of A. rubrum × A saccharinum was discovered by Oliver Freeman in 1933 in the U.S. National Arboretum, also occurring in the wild.

Hardiness:

Zone 4

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