Acer platanoides

• BOTANICAL NAME: Acer platanoides
• PRONUNCIATION: A-ser plat-an-OY-dez
• COMMON NAME: Norway Maple
• FAMILY: Aceraceae
• NATIVITY: Europe and west Asia
• GROWTH HABIT: Dense, broadly oval to rounded; 40' x 50' (90') tall. Medium growth rate.
• HARDINESS: Zone 3-7
• CULTURE: Full sun to light shade, any well-drained soil.
• LANDSCAPE USE: Easily transplanted, resists drought and air pollution, adaptable to pH. Dense shade beneath canopy and shallow roots can be detrimental. Overused in landscape. Seedings come up everywhere.
• FOLIAGE: Opposite, simple, 4"-7" long, 5 sharply pointed lobes. Leaves generally broader than long. Flower is greenish yellow in April. Fall color may be fair yellow in late autumn.
• BUDS: Ovoid, 1/8" long. Terminal flower bud up to 3/8" long.
• BARK: Black, ridged and furrowed with age; twigs are orange-brown.
• FRUIT: Samara 1 ½" - 2" long. Wings divergent at nearly 180^o.
• PROPAGATION: Seed.
• PESTS: Verticillium.
• CULTIVARS:
  • 'Columnare' - Plant form a wide column 60' tall.
  • 'Crimson King' - Leaves maroon during the growing season.
  • 'Drummondii' - Light-green leaves with a white margin. Tend to revert to all green.
  • 'Schwedleri' - Purple-red spring foliage turns dark green in early summer.