Acer platanoides – Norway Maple

Variety Overview

Green-leaf Acer platanoides

Red-leaf Acer platanoides

Specifications:

Origin:

Central Europe

Habit:

Round crown, large tree, 20-25 (30) m tall, 8-12 (15) m wide; usually short-stemmed, branches reaching upwards, twigs vertically
upright to horizontal, hardly overhanging; fast-growing, initially 80-120 cm, later 40-60 cm a year.

Flowers:

Citrus-yellow umbels before leaves shoot, April, fruits fragrance, one of the few conspicuous flowering indigenous trees.

Fruits:

Lemon yellow umbels before leaves shoot, April, fruit-like fragrance, one of the few conspicuously flowering deciduous trees, early and excellent insect grazer, pollen.

Leaves:

Five-lobed, early shoots end of April; saturated green; splendid yelloworange in autumn, occasionally red, October to November.

Roots:

Flat to cordate, sensitive to soil compaction, easy to transplant.

Demands:

Sun to light shade, tolerant of heat, frost hardy; very adaptable and not demanding; tolerates urban environments, wind resistant; grows very well.

Soil:

On all substrates except poor, acidic sandy soil.

Note:

Do not cut in spring as it has too many flowers; initially only light fertilisation to prevent coral spot.

Hardiness:

Zone 4

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