If you’ve ever wondered… “What’s the name of the pretty tree that turns so red in fall?” It’s an Autumn Blaze Maple. This hybrid of silver and red maple has experienced phenomenal popularity due to its ascending branch habit, rapid growth rate, drought tolerance when established, ability to grow in most soils, beautiful fall color and form. It was selected as the 1997 Iowa Tree of the year. 2004 Urban Tree of the year, Society of Municipal Arborists.

Even in winter, the look of the tree is wonderful. The ascending branches are placed evenly, and the overall profile is nicely symmetrical. It’s balanced, well-structured and even with a clean, oval outline.

Many city planners have included this tree in their planting plans. The trees are adaptable to urban settings.

You’ll also see this tree in many commercial plantings. That ought to tell you something about the easy care nature.

With its polished presentation, formal plantings of Autumn Blaze can be used in rows along parking lots or to screen out busy streets or undesirable views.

This sturdy hybrid is very common in this region, often serving as a parkway or street tree. It has a brilliant, red-orange color in the fall. Freeman’s maple is a hybrid of the red maple and silver maple; the cross yields both the strong branch attachment of the red maple and fast growth rate of the silver maple. Freeman’s maple is also less susceptible to chlorosis symptoms than the red or silver maples.

‘Brandywine’ resulted from a 1982 cross of Acer rubrum ‘October Glory’ and A. rubrum ‘Autumn Flame’ by A. M. Townsend as part of a research project examining the inheritance of fall color and leafhopper resistance, and an effort to improve existing cultivars of red maple. It was released in December 1994.

The Brandywine Maple is an awesome shade tree with great color. Small red blossoms steal the show in early spring even before the red-tinged green leaves emerge. This maple leaves mature to solid green before turning a bold crimson red in fall.

This tough red maple is cold hardy and adaptable. It is drought tolerant once established and can tolerate wet soil. This lovely tree makes an excellent street tree because of its high tolerance for air pollution.

The Brandywine Maple tree is easy to grow and requires no maintenance once it is established. This fast-growing shade tree offers fast shade for the home landscape. Brandywine is a seedless variety of red maple. It is referred to as a “male selection” because it does not produce seeds.

Key Features:

Fall color.
The Brandywine Maple tree offers vibrant red foliage in autumn.
Easy to grow. Once this tree is established, no care is required. The Brandywine Maple tree is pest and disease resistant, and wet soil and air pollution tolerant.

Fast-growing tree.
This fast-growing maple tree grows more than 2 feet per year for the first 10 to 15 years.

Seedless.
This male selection was bred by the US National Arboretum. It is a cross of the October Glory Maple and the Autumn Flame Maple trees. This tree does not produce seeds.

Multi-season interest.
Enjoy the red flowers in early spring that are soon followed by young green leaves with hints of red. The foliage loses the red tint and becomes solid green in summer. In fall the leaves turn heads when they morph into wine red.n awesome

A hybrid of the Silver and Red Maples, the Celebration Maple is a deciduous accent tree that gets energetic growth from the Silver Maple side of its family. The excellent grower elevates at a stellar rate of 3 to 7 feet per year, making it a great choice for homeowners who can’t wait for a ‘heightened’ yard.

It possesses a better structure than Autumn Blaze Maple with more open branch angles and a better-defined central leader. Use Celebration Maple as an accent or shade tree, or as a component of a mixed border where there is enough space.f you want privacy quickly, you’ll save years with the Celebration. The high-performance hybrid delivers incredible growth, looking more each year like a property fixture that’s been there for generations. Plus, as autumn sets in, you’ll adore how the deeply-cut, classic maple foliage ignites in bright yellow-orange and red-orange hues. The Celebration’s colors are present throughout the entire fall season, so expect to enjoy them day after day.

While other yard trees can break down under harsh weather conditions, the Celebration Maple stands tall and strong. With a strong central leader and sharp-angled branches, the Celebration® easily shoulders the weight of snow and ice and the strain of severe wind.

Even better? This Maple develops an upright, pyramidal form with a dense crown that resists breakage. And you can expect your Celebration Maple to remain with you through all the weather’s ups and downs, surviving and thriving, especially since we’ve planted and grown it at our nursery for long-lived success in your landscape.