Maple Tree Jeffer's Red (5L Pot)

Maple Tree - Description

• Red Maple Tree With Excellent Autumn Colour
• Latin Name: Acer ‘freemanii Jeffer's Red'
• A tall, vigorous, fast-growing, deciduous tree with an oval-headed shape
• Features deeply cut, five-lobed leaves that open yellow-green in spring
• Summer leaves turn a rich green before transforming into stunning scarlet-red in autumn
• A hybrid of Canadian and sugar maples, offering toughness and beauty
• Thrives in any well-drained soil
• Happy in Alkaline soils
• Ideal for sheltered sites, with full sun or partial shade
• 12m height x 8m spread in 20 years
• Excellent choice for cold climates,
• RHS Award of Garden Merit
• Ideal For Medium to Large Sized Garden
• Form: Specimen Tree
• Current Plant Size
  • Height: 90cm
  • Girth: 8cm
• Pot Size: 5 Litres

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Maple Tree - Characteristics

• Medium sized garden tree
• Mature Size: 9m high x 5m spread
• Broad-leaf tree, upright spreading crown
• Possibly the best Maple tree for Autumn colour
• Deciduous tree, they lose their leaves in Winter
• Foliage: Palmate leaves, deeply lobed
• Leaves are glossy
• Colours: Starting Dark green in summer
• Turn a mix of yellows, oranges, & red in Autumn
• Growth rate: Fast
• Frost hardy

Maple Tree - Uses

• Specimen & ornamental garden tree
• Can be grown on it's own
• Grow in a grove of 5 or 7 trees for best impact
• Grown for it's year round colour & interest
• Excellent plant would make a focal point in flower beds
• Can be planted out on a lawn as a specimen plant

Maple Tree - Planting Instructions

Planting Time

• Plant the moment they arrive
• Potted trees can be planted any time of year
• Avoid frosty conditions, where the ground is frozen
• These saplings will require several years to mature

Positioning Trees

• Plant in full sun or partial shade
• Likes moist to well drained soils
• Happy in acidic, neutral or alkaline soils
• Prepare a large planting hole
• Add rotted manure to the base of each hole - this will encourage stronger growth
• When planting, hold plants at ground level & back fill the top soil
• Ensure each plant is straight & soil is compacted in around it's root ball
• Level off the soil around the plants
• Support with medium sized tree stake for first 2 years
• Spacing: 5-6m apart

After Care

• Water regularly until plants establish
• Water before & after planting
• If dry weather persists, water every 2 days
• Weeding is also essential - especially bind weed which can quickly smoother a young tree
• Keep grass growth away from the base of trees to ensure a faster growth rate
• Avoid strimming around the base of trees