This breathtaking transformation must certainly be responsible for the naming of this tree. The shallow root system may surface with age.grows 40-60 feet tall. The development of the iconic red fall color is as captivating watching as a flame bursting out of a lit match, working its way down from the top of the tree. The advantage of this variety is that you don’t have to do anything to make it grow faster. At the same time, most maples typically grow 1-1.5 feet per year. Plant the Autumn Blaze maple in groups or mixed with evergreens to electrify a vigorous landscape. Autumn Blaze is able to create a privacy screen very quickly because it grows over 2 feet per year and under ideal conditions can grow up to 3 feet in one year. Anticipate the burst red-tinted, lush growth in early spring, which matures to a lovely green throughout the summer. When the final leaf has dropped in the wintertime, evenly spaced branches maintain balance and structure, pleasing the eye. Satisfy the inner artist, and take note of the elegant aesthetic, with symmetric oval canopy and an overall attractive profile. The large size of this beautiful red maple adds to its value as a specimen tree. However, pH sensitivity may be limiting in regions with higher pH water. This durable maple will tolerate diverse soil conditions, including drought conditions, as well as wet soils with good drainage. Thriving in both cooler and warm climates, this zone 3 maple tree survives well in temperatures as low as -40 to -30° Fahrenheit. Good pest and disease resistance also affords peace of mind, with reduced maintenance requirements. Tolerance to urban pollution in addition to easy pruning, to increase canopy height, makes the Autumn Blaze a lovely urban tree. Use as a landscape tree to quickly add shade, and taking advantage of the maximum 50 foot height with 40 foot spread. This improved hybrid maple tree boasts both rapid growth and natural strength. Upright growth habit and uniform development shows off this gorgeous foliage all year round. Early color, long lasting throughout the season, offers more time to enjoy the show. Orange-red fall interest is easily the highlight of this colorful maple tree. Hearts AblazeĮnjoy reliable, lasting fall color in the Autumn Blaze Maple. Admire the elegant form of a durable and eye-catching red maple. Plant Patent PP04,864 issued July 6, 1982.Fast growing, adaptable, and absolutely gorgeous fall color, the Autumn Blaze Maple tree is here to warm your heart. Flowers and fruit for this hybrid are very sparse. As the trade name suggests, the foliage turns into an autumn blaze of orange-red to scarlet-red fall color. Each medium green leaf is deeply cut with five pointed lobes. This is an upright, fast-growing, deciduous tree that will typically grow 40-55’ tall with ascending branching and a dense, broad-oval crown. ‘Jeffersred’, sold under the trade name of AUTUMN BLAZE, is an older cultivar that was discovered by nurseryman Glenn Jeffers in the late 1960s. Specific epithet and common name honors Oliver Freeman who first grew A. Genus name is the Latin name for a maple tree. It is sometimes difficult to identify a Freeman hybrid because of the complexity of crosses and backcrosses that may occur.Ĭultivars are sometimes listed for sale by nurseries under Acer rubrum instead of Acer × freemanii. Notwithstanding the foregoing, crosses between red and silver maples occur not only by controlled propagation but also naturally in the wild. Edward Murray named this hybrid cross in 1969 in honor of Oliver M. Freeman of the National Arboretum made the first controlled crosses between red maple and silver maple in 1933. The Freeman maple cultivars commonly sold in commerce today reportedly combine some of the best features of both parents, namely, solid structure, attractive form and showy fall color (from red maple) and adaptability and rapid growth (from silver maple). Joey Williamson, ©HGIC, Clemson Extension Maples ( Acer species) are deciduous trees (sometimes shrubs) often grown for the shade they produce and their exceptional autumn color. Acer × freemanii, commonly called Freeman maple, is a hybrid of red maple ( A.
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