Acer rubrum 'Red Sunset'
$317.00 / 15G
Red Maple, Swamp Maple ·
Description
Red Maple, Swamp Maple 'Red Sunset' is a tree suited to full sun to part sun and average to wet conditions. It offers green color.
Benefits
Adds long-term structure, shade, and a sense of permanence to the landscape. Feeds a larger garden food web through seed, shelter, and host-plant value rather than a showy flower display. Offers native-plant character in a garden-friendly selected form. Useful for solving damp, wet, or pond-edge planting conditions.
Features
Lobed leaves and seasonal color; insignificant flowers; samaras fruit; brilliant red to orange fall color
Usage/Use
Specimen tree, shade tree, fall color
| Acer rubrum 'Red Sunset' | |
| Red Maple, Swamp Maple | |
| 'Red Sunset | |
| No | |
| Best grown in full sun to part sun with average to wet moisture. | |
| Full Sun to Part Sun; Average to Wet moisture; Deep, well-drained garden soil. Water regularly the first season, then adjust to plant preference. | |
| Asia / North America depending species | |
| Navitar | |
| Yes | |
| Medium | |
| No |
| 3 - 9 | |
| Hardy in USDA Zones 3–9; protect roots during establishment. | |
| Full Sun | |
| Loam | |
| 6 - 8 | |
| 40 - 60 ft | |
| 25 - 40 ft | |
| Wide | |
| 25 - 40 ft |
| Yes | |
| None | |
| Green | |
| Green foliage | |
| Bees | |
| Woodland Edge of Savanna | |
| Native Garden | |
| Fall Color | |
| Specimen | |
| Upright | |
| Very Long Lived | |
| Fall, Spring, Summer |
| Wet Soil | |
| Moist to wet / pond edge | |
| Water deeply during establishment; after established, water based on rainfall and soil moisture. | |
| Medium | |
| Water regularly during establishment, mulch to conserve moisture, and cut back/prune at the proper seasonal time. |