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Acer rubrum 'Autumn Red'

Canadian Maple

This is a very common deciduous tree in North America. It is a beautiful rounded tree with ascending branches when young, maturing to a more rounded canopy. Great for autumn colour. Leaves stay green longer than other varieties before turning bright orange to deep red. All parts of the tree, for example flowers, twigs and seeds, are red in varying shades.

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This tree currently has the following pot sizes in production.

40cm/27L 2.0-2.2m In production

50cm/52L 2.0-2.5m In production

200L 4.0-5.0m In production

300L 4.5-5.0m In production

Common Name	Canadian Maple
Foliage	Deciduous 275
Form	V-Shaped 70
Mature Size	13 x 9m
Family	Aceraceae 28
Genus	Acer 40
Species	Rubrum 5

Uses
A great selection as a feature or specimen tree. The autumn colours are great for avenue planting in parks and medium to large gardens.

Position & Soil
Full sun to part shade. Can cope with a wide range of soil conditions but prefers a humus rich soil. Dry and wet areas can be tolerated.

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Delivery
Based in Melbourne, Australia, our trucks deliver into Melbourne and its greater metropolitan area, Monday to Friday only. We utilise green life freight companies to deliver beyond that point into country Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and Queensland. We have certification ICA42 for the treatment of Myrtaceae stock delivered into South Australia. Due to quarantine restrictions we are unable to deliver into Western Australia and Tasmania. International delivery is not offered.

Delivery

Based in Melbourne, Australia, our trucks deliver into Melbourne and its greater metropolitan area, Monday to Friday only. We utilise green life freight companies to deliver beyond that point into country Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and Queensland. We have certification ICA42 for the treatment of Myrtaceae stock delivered into South Australia. Due to quarantine restrictions we are unable to deliver into Western Australia and Tasmania. International delivery is not offered.

Deciduous

V-Shaped

Large

Avenue

Feature Foliage

Group Planting

Shade Tree

Specimen

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