Autumn Blaze Maple	Autumn Blaze Maple	Autumn Blaze Maple

Autumn Blaze Maple

Autumn Blaze Maple is a unique combination of good traits from the red maple tree and silver maple tree. The qualities mixed by the autumn blaze maple tree are brilliant orange-red color in the fall, dense and healthy branching, and enhanced growth that protects from insects and disease. They are known for their unexcelled speed of growth. The autumn blaze maple tree can also live in a variety of climates, ranging from the frigid cold of zone three, to the humid south of zone eight.

Autumn Blaze Maple will grow to fifty or sixty feet tall and have a mature spread of thirty to forty feet. They are not as susceptible to storm damage as the silver maple, as they received stronger wood from their red maple parent. The autumn blaze maple tree also has the ability to grow in most soil conditions. Named Urban Tree of the Year in 2003, the autumn blaze maple tree is patented by the late Glenn Jeffers of north central Ohio.

Autumn Blaze Maple leaves resemble the leaves of a silver maple tree, being opposite, simple, and five-lobed with toothy margins. The deep red veins of the leaves are derived from the red maple. The summer color of the autumn blaze maple tree is a rich medium green, which turns into orange and crimson in the fall. The leaves of the autumn blaze maple tree will last longer on the branch than those of other maple trees. An autumn blaze maple tree works perfectly as a specimen tree, can also be used in clusters.

All of our Autumn Blaze Maple Trees are started from seeds that drop off our main Autumn Blaze Maple Tree. Autumn Blaze Maple Trees like to be planted in full or partial sun and grow rather quickly.

Note: Potted Autumn Blaze Maple Trees can be transplanted almost any time of the year since their root system is barely disturbed with little or no stress to the plant when transplanted.