Flashfire Sugar Maple

Flashfire Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum 'Flashfire')
Height: 45 feet Spread: 40 feet Sunlight: Full sun Hardiness Zone: 4a Other Names: Hard Maple, Rock Maple
 
Description: The Flashfire Sugar Maple is an exceptional tree with a compact, oval growth habit and extraordinary red-orange early fall colors. Shapely and neat, this tree is a fine specimen for smaller landscapes. It is adaptable to various soil types but dislikes air pollution and soil compaction. Additionally, it is well adapted to heat and humidity.
 
Ornamental Features:
Form: Decidedly oval form.
Foliage: Forest green deciduous foliage. The lobed leaves turn outstanding shades of yellow, orange, and scarlet in the fall.
 
Landscape Attributes:
Dense deciduous tree with a shapely oval form.
Average texture that blends into the landscape but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.
Low-maintenance tree; should be pruned in summer after leaves have fully developed to avoid 'bleeding' sap.
No significant negative characteristics.
 
Recommended Uses:
Accent
Shade
Hedges/Screening
 
Planting & Growing:
Grows to about 45 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 40 feet.
Low canopy with a typical clearance of 5 feet from the ground, making it unsuitable for planting under power lines.
Grows at a slow 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 periods of drought or extended heat.
Not particular about soil pH but grows best in rich soils.
Somewhat tolerant of urban pollution.
This is a selection of a native North American species.