About
Red Sunset Red Maple Trees: The Red Sunset® Maple
is considered one of the best trees for early fall color! This is
a large deciduous tree that has pyramidal form when young becoming
rounded with age. Glossy green leaves turn brilliant orange-scarlet,
extremely showy. Full sun. Moderate-growing to 40 to 50 feet high,
30 to 35 feet wide. Grows faster than Norway and sugar maples, but
slower than silver maple. In northern states, red maple usually occurs
in wet bottomland, river flood plains and wet woods, but in Missouri
it typically frequents drier, rocky upland areas.
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Sunset Red Maple picture
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Sunset Red Maple Tree Facts |
Scientific
Name: |
Acer
rubrum
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Foliage: |
Green
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Mature
Height: |
40'-60'
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Mature
Spread: |
25'-40'
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Soil: |
Wide
Range
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Zones: |
4-9
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Moisture: |
moderate
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The
sap of this tree can be used to make maple syrup that is inferior
in quality to syrups made from the sugar maple. The Red Sunset's®
leaves are shiny green above and pale green beneath, 3-5 lobed and
3-6" across. Species name of rubrum (meaning red) is everywhere
in evidence: red flowers in dense clusters in late March to early
April (before the leaves appear), red fruit (reddish two-winged
samara), reddish stems and twigs, red buds, and, in the fall, orange-red
foliage color. Quality of fall color on species plants can be quite
variable from year to year. Red Sunset® is one of the best red
maple cultivars available in commerce, with outstanding orange to
red fall color (quality more reliable than species).
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