Sugar Maples (Acer saccharum) provide truly amazing fall color.  With brilliant yellows, oranges, and reds, the site can be quite spectacular on an October day.   The form of this tree is distinctively upright-oval to rounded.  Displays attractive gray-brown bark.  The five-lobed leaves range from medium to dark green in the summer.

Growth Rate

  • Medium to fast

Mature Height

  • 60 – 70 Ft in height and 40 – 50 Ft in width

Sun Preference

  • Full sun to most sun

Soil Requirements

  • Well drained evenly moist acid soils.

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