Norway maple
Acer platanoides 'Crimson Sentry'

Common Name: Norway maple
Genus: Acer
Species: platanoides
Cultivar: 'Crimson Sentry'
Category: Trees
Height: 12.00 m (1200 cm)
Spread: 5.00 m (500 cm)
Hardiness: Hardy
Growth Rate: Fast growing
Flowering Period: April and May
Foliage Type: Deciduous
Foliage Colour: Brown, Purple, Red, Orange
Flower Colour: Yellow
Sun/Shade: Full sun or Partial shade
Soil Type: Normal/Loam or Sandy/Light or Clay/Heavy or Chalky/Alkaline
Soil Moisture: Moist, but well drained
Features: Has interesting foliage, Has colourful autumn foliage
Dark red-purple leaves turning red brown and orange in autumn and small clusters of red-tinged yellow spring flowers. This handsome Norway maple makes an excellent specimen tree for a medium-sized garden. Narrowly upright in habit, it is pollution-tolerant and thrives on almost any soil including clay.
- Garden care: Add a top-dressing of a multi-purpose fertiliser around the base of the plant in late spring. No routine pruning is required. Remove any dead, damaged or crossing branches in April when the plant is in full growth.
- Goes well with: Taxus baccatta, Pulmonaria officinalis 'Sissinghurst White', Epimedium x rubrum, Dryopteris filix-mas, Brunnera macrophylla, Galanthus nivalis.
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