The Plants
Acer rubrum 'October Glory'
scarlet maple
£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