Tuesday 18 December 2012

Acer platanoides



Name: Acer platanoides
Common Name
Norway maple
Family:
Aceraceae
    x    Deciduous             Evergreen             Shrub            Ground Cover             Annual

        Coniferous         x    Tree             Climber             Herbaceous             Perennial

Habit:
Spreading
Hard. Zone:
usda 3
Mature Size
25m tall by 15m spread

x

Leaf: Large, ovate, 3-5 lobed, dark green


Fall/Winter Color: turning clear yellow or less comonly red or falling still green in autumn. Some cultivars have red purple foliage

        Leaf Arr.    x    Opposite         Alternate         Whorled         Spiraled         Clustered         Basal

Flowers:  small yet conspicuous upright corymbs of yellow flowers. 


Infl.  corymb

Jan.     Feb.      March.      April.      May.      June.      July.      August.    (  Sept.      Oct.      Nov.)      Dec.   ( fall color )
Water Use
High x    Low

Soil
Rich     Lean     Well-drained x

Exposure
Sun  x   Semi-shade  x   Shade
Landscape uses: specimen tree, fall color, parkspace



Limitations: aphids, caterpillars, powdery mildew,fungal cankers
Other Features:

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