The Plant Company

Bringing your garden to life

Contact

Telephone:
01403 740100

Email:
[email protected]

The Plant Company
Coolham Road
West Chiltington
Pulborough
West Sussex
RH20 2LH

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Opening times:
Tuesday-Friday, 9:00-17:30.
Closed public holidays.


 

The Plants

Acer rubrum 'October Glory'

scarlet maple

Photo of Acer rubrum 'October Glory'

£55.00

A lovely tree with red flowers in spring and glossy green leaves with bluish-white undersides in summer turning brilliant red in the autumn.

Type

  • Trees

Award of Garden Merit

Foliage: Deciduous

Hardiness: Hardy

Vigour: Medium growing

Uses

  • Beds and borders
  • Cottage style garden
  • Contemporary style garden
  • Containers
  • Specimen

Special features

  • Attractive to wildlife
  • Low maintenance
  • Autumn interest
  • Architectural

Care instructions

Grow in moist but well-drained soil in partial shade. Provide shelter from cold winds and late frosts. No routine pruning is required, just remove any dead, damaged or crossing branches in late autumn or winter when they are fully dormant.

Dimensions

Size: Large

Pot size: 15 litre

Eventual height: 800cm

Eventual spread: 800cm

Positions

  • Light shade
  • Sun

Aspects

  • South
  • East
  • West

Soil types

  • Sandy
  • Normal
  • Clay

Soil pH ranges

  • Acid
  • Neutral
  • Alkaline