Autumn Blaze Maple Bark & Acer X Freemanii Freeman Maple North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox

It also shares silver maples drought tolerance lacy leaves and characteristic bark smooth while the tree is young but developing ridges as it matures.

Vintage cottage autumn fall porches pictures. This bark was damaged a little when i planted the tree 2 years ago. This autumn maple cultivar is a huge success as it contains all the desired qualities of maple trees in a single tree. You can get a small 5 6 foot autumn blaze maple or autumn fantasy maple the later might actually be better for you as to e is seems more.

The combination has been popular for 20 years in commercial and residential plantings thanks to the combination of gorgeous fall color and rapid growth exactly what homeowners are seeking. Bark damage autumn blaze maple. Trees with thin bark like maples are susceptible too bark splitting.

The autumn blaze maple tree has a regular and upright growth with production of a heavy number of fruits. With back to back urban tree of the year awards in 2003 and 2004 you know they are pollution tolerant an important fact if you will be growing them along a street in a busy neighborhood. Autumn blaze maples can function in the landscape as fast growing shade trees and as specimens highly valued for their fall foliage.

The bark of an autumn blaze maple is smooth. This tree can grow equally well in any type of soil. The autumn blaze maple tree is a hybrid species comprised of half red maple and half silver maple.

If it is of any conselation. It is a shade of white when the tree is young and then moves on to a darker shade of brown as it ages. The spectacular red foliage of autumn blaze maple acer freemanii jeffersred makes it a popular deciduous shade tree.

Like other maples however autumn blaze is somewhat susceptible to bark splitting from cold weather as well as from sun exposure. The fruits of the autumn blaze are bright yellow in color and are edible. It can grow in clay loam well drained and even in sandy soil.

This hybrid a cross of red maple acer rubrum and silver maple acer. The autumn blaze maple acer x freemanii jeffersred is a hybrid of the silver maple acer saccharinum and red maple acer rubrum.