Snake-Bark Maple
Acer rufinerve
Common Name: Snake-Bark Maple
Genus: Acer
Species: rufinerve
Category: Trees
Height: 10.00 m (1000 cm)
Spread: 10.00 m (1000 cm)
Hardiness: Hardy
Growth Rate: Slow growing
Flowering Period: April and May
Foliage Type: Deciduous
Foliage Colour: Green, Red
Flower Colour: Green, Yellow
Sun/Shade: Full sun or Partial shade
Soil Type: Normal/Loam
Soil Moisture: Moist, but well drained
Features: Has interesting bark, Provides winter colour, Has colourful autumn foliage
Attractive green-and-white-striped bark that looks fabulous in winter and red-winged fruit in autumn. This lovely maple is grown for its gorgeously ornamental bark though it does have beautiful autumnal colours. A small tree with an arching habit that is suitable for most gardens.
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.
Similar Plants:
Paperbark Maple
Acer griseum
Japanese Maple
Acer palmatum 'Atropurpureum'
Acer japonicum 'Aureum'
Acer japonicum 'Aureum'
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