Description
The red maple tree is very well known and is by far one of the most popular landscape shade trees that you can get your hands on. They are well known for the beautiful red colors in the fall, the quick growth rate, and for being the perfect size shade tree for almost any yard. The scientific name for the red maple tree is "Acer Rubrum". Red maple trees bring beautiful color to your landscape year-round. Green stems are tinted red in winter, and new leaves are red-tinged, turning green. The fall color is deep red with some yellow. Fast-growing and tolerant of many soils, anyone can grow a red maple tree with ease. Grows to 40' to 60' feet, and around 40' ft widespread. The red maple grows In most of the USA from zones 3-9. Consuming dry wilted leaves can cause toxicity to horses. This is a very popular tree and is known to be quick-growing and famous for fall colors. One of the only downsides of red maple is that it can be weakly wooded and messy in your yard with sticks. It is also one of many trees that are known to get surface roots when it gets older. A great tree but it shouldn’t be planted close to your home or near sidewalks or roads that the roots can damage., similar to a silver maple tree, but there are many pros to outweigh the cons! There are so many special hybrids and crosses of the red maple out today, they can cost a lot of money and not many of them have decades of information known about them, but there is loads of information known about this native red maple!
SHIPPING RESTRICTIONS
To follow your state regulations, we can not ship this plant to AK, HI, AZ, or CA
Deliveries to WA, UT, ID, NV, MT, ND, and SD MUST be shipped Bareroot.
SHIPPING
All of our trees ship Bareroot which means they will ship with no soil and no pot. This allows the plants to have a safer trip through the mail as well as to cut down on shipping costs majorly. The roots will be carefully removed from the pot they are growing in, and then wrapped in moist material with the roots sealed up to keep them moist during transit.
RED MAPLE TREE INFO
Name: Red Maple
Other Names: Acer Rubrum
Grow Zone: 3 to 9
Growth Speed: Fast
Light Requirements: Likes full sun
Average Full Grown Height: 40’ to 60’
Average Full Grown Width: 35’ to 45’
Deciduous (loses Leaves) Or Evergreen (Holds Foilage All Year): Deciduous
Average Lifespan: 80 to 100 years
Quart Pot Size — Up To 12” inches tall (fewer roots of all three sizes)
Trade Gallon Pot Size — 12-24" inches tall (more roots than quart size)