Emerald Queen Norway Maple

Emerald Queen Norway Maple (Acer platanoides 'Emerald Queen')
Height: 50 feet Spread: 40 feet Sunlight: Full sun Hardiness Zone: 4a
 
Description: The Emerald Queen Norway Maple is an excellent choice for both street and shade, known for its dense dark green foliage and rugged durability. This tree maintains a consistent shape without pruning, making it an optimal character choice for larger landscapes.
 
Ornamental Features:
Form: Decidedly oval form.
Flowers: Stunning corymbs of lemon-yellow flowers adorn the branches in early spring before the leaves emerge.
Foliage: Dark green deciduous foliage. The lobed leaves turn yellow in the fall.
 
Landscape Attributes:
Dense deciduous tree with a shapely oval form.
Coarse texture that stands out among landscape plants with finer foliage.
Low-maintenance tree; should be pruned in summer after leaves have fully developed to avoid 'bleeding' sap.
No significant negative characteristics.
 
Recommended Uses:
Shade
 
Planting & Growing:
Grows to about 50 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 40 feet.
High canopy with a typical clearance of 7 feet from the ground; not suitable for planting under power lines. Lower branches can be strategically removed as it matures to create a high canopy that allows unobstructed human traffic underneath.
Grows at a fast rate and can live to a ripe old age of 100 years or more, making it a heritage tree for future generations.
Thrives in full sunlight.
Prefers average to moist conditions and should not be allowed to dry out. May require supplemental watering during drought or extended heat.
Not particular about soil type or pH.
Highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner-city environments.
This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.