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Plant: Paperbark Maple Tree
Maple Tree · Acer griseum
Size: 7 gal
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Bloom
Mature size
More about this plant
A slow growing small maple of 20 to 30 feet tall and 15 to 25 feet wide, grown above all for handsome bronze papery bark that begins peeling at a young age and curls back to reveal rose brown inner bark. The opposite trifoliate leaves are silvery haired beneath and colour bright red and orange very late, often persisting into winter. It takes full sun to partial shade in clay, loam or sand with good drainage across a wide pH range, but does not tolerate drought or environmental stress and prefers cooler climates. Use it as an accent or specimen near a patio or in a small space.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 30 ft tall and 25 ft wide
- Blooms in spring
- Hardy in USDA zones 4a-8b
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
A slow growing small maple of 20 to 30 feet tall and 15 to 25 feet wide, grown above all for handsome bronze papery bark that begins peeling at a young age and curls back to reveal rose brown inner bark. The opposite trifoliate leaves are silvery haired beneath and colour bright red and orange very late, often persisting into winter. It takes full sun to partial shade in clay, loam or sand with good drainage across a wide pH range, but does not tolerate drought or environmental stress and prefers cooler climates. Use it as an accent or specimen near a patio or in a small space.
- Flowers
- Ornamentally insignificant flowers bloom from April to May.
- Foliage
- Opposite, compound trifoliate leaves three to six inches long, silvery with fine hairs on the underside, colouring bright red and orange very late in the season and persisting into winter.
- Fruit
- A schizocarp of two samaras, 1.5 inches long, with divergent wings and unusually large seeds.
- Bark & stems
- Light brown to orange burgundy bark peels back in papery curls to reveal rose brown inner bark, giving strong winter interest.
- Native range
- Central China
