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Armstrong Maple

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Armstrong Maple (Acer rubrum ‘Armstrong’)A very distinctive hybrid maple with a narrow, upright growth habit, fast growing, golden to orange fall color; excellent choice for the smaller home landscape or for articulation, tends to broaden with age. Darker fall color than Armstrong Gold Maple

Characteristics

Average Landscape Height:
50 feet
Average Landscape Width:
20 feet
Growth Rate:
fast
Genus:
Acer
Species:
x freemanii
Cultivar:
Armstrong
Flower Color:
red
Flower Period:
in early spring
Summer Foliage Color:
green
Fall Color:
gold
Minimum Light:
full sun
Maximum Light:
full sun
Minimum Moisture:
average
Maximum Moisture:
wet
Plant Form:
columnar
Canopy:
low
Pruning:
prune in full leaf
Pollution Tolerance:
high
Branching:
decurrent

Ornamental Features

Armstrong Maple is primarily valued in the landscape for its rigidly columnar form. It features showy clusters of red flowers along the branches in early spring before the leaves. It has green deciduous foliage. The lobed leaves turn outstanding shades of gold and orange in the fall. The furrowed gray bark and brick red branches add an interesting dimension to the landscape.

Landscape Attributes

Armstrong Maple is a deciduous tree with a narrowly upright and columnar growth habit. 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.

Planting & Growing

Armstrong Maple will grow to be about 50 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 20 feet. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 6 feet from the ground, and should not be planted underneath power lines. As it matures, the lower branches of this tree can be strategically removed to create a high enough canopy to support unobstructed human traffic underneath. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 80 years or more.

This tree should only be grown in full sunlight. It is quite adaptable, prefering to grow in average to wet conditions, and will even tolerate some standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.

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