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Group/Class:  Sunset Series

Brand:  J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co.

Description:

A lovely upright ornamental tree with great form, producing dark green foliage that will progress to a deep red fall color; a great accent tree for smaller home landscapes

Ornamental Features

Urban Sunset® Maple is primarily valued in the landscape for its decidedly oval form. It has attractive dark green deciduous foliage. The lobed palmate leaves are highly ornamental and turn an outstanding dark red in the fall.

Landscape Attributes

Urban Sunset® Maple is a deciduous tree with a shapely oval form. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

This is a relatively low maintenance tree, and should only be pruned in summer after the leaves have fully developed, as it may 'bleed' sap if pruned in late winter or early spring. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Urban Sunset® Maple is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Accent
• Mass Planting
• Hedges/Screening

Planting & Growing

Urban Sunset® Maple will grow to be about 35 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 20 feet. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 2 feet from the ground, and should not be planted underneath power lines. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 60 years or more.

This tree does best in full sun to partial shade. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It may require supplemental watering during periods of drought or extended heat. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.