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Plant: October Glory - Maple Tree
Maple Tree · Acer rubrum 'October Glory'
Size: 7 gal
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More about this plant
A red maple selection with a good oval rounded form, growing 40 to 50 feet tall and 30 to 40 feet wide, and known for brilliant orange to red fall colour that arrives later than most maples. Small red flowers open in short drooping clusters in late winter before the leaves and are an early nectar source for bees, followed by paired winged samaras in spring. It grows fast in full sun to partial shade in moist, slightly acidic, fertile soil and tolerates compaction, drought, heat, pollution and wet soil. A dependable shade and street tree.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 50 ft tall and 40 ft wide
- Blooms in winter, spring
- Hardy in USDA zones 2a-9b
- Deciduous foliage
- Native plant
Plant description
A red maple selection with a good oval rounded form, growing 40 to 50 feet tall and 30 to 40 feet wide, and known for brilliant orange to red fall colour that arrives later than most maples. Small red flowers open in short drooping clusters in late winter before the leaves and are an early nectar source for bees, followed by paired winged samaras in spring. It grows fast in full sun to partial shade in moist, slightly acidic, fertile soil and tolerates compaction, drought, heat, pollution and wet soil. A dependable shade and street tree.
- Flowers
- Red flowers in short drooping clusters open in spring before the leaves.
- Foliage
- Simple, opposite, palmately veined leaves with three to five triangular lobes and coarsely toothed margins, colouring brilliant orange to red late in the season.
- Fruit
- V-shaped paired winged samaras about 3/4 inch long, red, pink or yellow, turning tan or brown when mature.
- Bark & stems
- Young bark is smooth and light gray; older trunks develop thick, dark gray, plate-like scales separated by vertical ridges.
- Native range
- Newfoundland to Florida, west to Minnesota, Oklahoma and Texas
