Norway maple
Acer platanoides 'Drummondii'
Common Name: Norway maple
Genus: Acer
Species: platanoides
Cultivar: 'Drummondii'
Category: Trees
Height: 12.00 m (1200 cm)
Spread: 12.00 m (1200 cm)
Hardiness: Hardy
Growth Rate: Fast growing
Flowering Period: April and May
Foliage Colour: Green, Cream, White, 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 green leaves with creamy-white margins, turning orange in autumn and small clusters of red-tinged yellow spring flowers. This handsome round-headed tree is possibly the best variegated Norway maple. An excellent specimen tree for a medium-sized garden it is pollution-tolerant and copes well on most soils 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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Paperbark Maple
Acer griseum
Japanese Maple
Acer palmatum 'Atropurpureum'
Acer japonicum 'Aureum'
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