Acer rubrum 'Franksred' ~ Red Sunset Red Maple-ServeScape
Acer rubrum 'Franksred' ~ Red Sunset Red Maple-ServeScape
Acer rubrum 'Franksred' ~ Red Sunset Red Maple-ServeScape

Acer rubrum 'Franksred'

Red Sunset® Red Maple

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**Dormancy Note - This plant is currently dormant for the winter! It is available for purchase! Your delivered plant may be dormant, or showing very little top growth. However, you can still plant! These plants are putting all their energy into root production, so they will be ready to thrive in the spring! If you have any issues with your plant the following peak season, you can fill out our return request form to request a replacement plant.

Red Sunset Red Maple is a deciduous tree with a pyramidal habit at youth that rounds with age noted for its early and long lasting fall color.  Its new growth - stems and twigs included- is tinted red before maturing to green and the foliage takes on a bright orange-red to brilliant red color in fall.  Inconspicuous red spring flowers.  Grows best in rich, moist, slightly acidic well-drained soils.  Red Sunset is a male selection.

Type: 

Tree

Origins:

Eastern North America, GA Native

Height: 

40’ - 50'

Spread: 

30' - 35'

Spacing: 

32'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 

4 - 9

Culture: 

Full SunPart Sun

Bloom Color: 

Red

Season of Interest: 

Fall

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Low maintenance.  Water regularly.  Potential issues include stem canker, leaf spots, and root rots.  Potential insect pests include aphids, scale, borers, and leafhoppers.  Verticillium Wilt can be fatal. 

LANDSCAPE USES: Group Plantings or Specimen Tree, Naturalized AreasWoodland GardensPrivacy ScreenStreet Tree, and  Shade Tree

COMPANION PLANTS: Neon Flash Spiraea, Joan Senior Daylily, Switch Grass

IMAGES: Photoset by Wendy Cutler, (1) 20111026_HornbySmithe_AcerRubrumRedSunset_Cutler_IMAG1079, (2) 20080612_HornbyNelson_RedMapleRedSunset_Cutler_7529, (3) 20080612_HornbyNelson_RedMapleRedSunset_Cutler_7544c, (2) M.O. StevensWilsonville tree fall 2007CC BY-SA 4.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.

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