Red Maple

Acer rubrum

• Position: full sun or partial shade
• Soil: fertile, moisture-retentive, well-drained neutral to acid soil
• Rate of growth: average
• Flowering period: April to May
• Flower colour: yellow
• Other features: brilliant red in autumn tints
• Hardiness: fully hardy
  
  Deeply lobed, dark green leaves turning brilliant red in autumn and tiny clusters of red spring flowers. This beautiful, round-headed, red maple makes an excellent ornamental feature in a large garden. Although the tree tolerates some lime the best autumn colour is achieved on fertile, moisture- retentive, neutral to acid soil in full sun.
  
  
• 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, Buxus sempervirens, Epimedium x rubrum, Dryopteris filix-mas, Brunnera macrophylla, Galanthus nivalis