![]() ![]() This cultivar is available for non-exclusive licensing.ĭownload the PDF Datasheet (PDF, 497. Trademark September Flare™ Licensing Status This selection is notable for its early annual display of excellent reliable fall color, which is photoperiod initiated and not frost dependent in this northern climate setting. Recommended for use as a landscape, public grounds, boulevard (larger), parks, schools, and golf course tree, wherever tree diversity and adaptability to northern conditions are important. Begins fall coloring before other trees in the landscape extend fall color season. Ornamental Attributes:Ī very winter hardy selection with good crown density exhibiting excellent summer foliage quality and outstanding fall coloration of an orange-red to red color. Summer budding onto northern sugar maple rootstocks. Different soil types and amounts of natural rainfall or. Prefers a deep, well-drained, non-droughty soil, will tolerate higher pH levels than the species. A sugar maple (Acer saccharum) growing in full sun usually will begin to display fall colors earlier than one growing in partial sun. Two winged samara ripening in fall, not showy. Shortlived spring interest, not overly showy. Produced in drooping corymbs before the leaves emerge. Summer: Green to dark green, heavier leaf texture typical of northern prairie sources.Īutumn: Fall coloration beginning in the late second to third week of September as an orange-red tint in the upper canopy foliage, spreading to orange-red throughout the tree, and ending with radiant orange-red to red foliage coloration before leaf fall by mid-October. Its early coloring capabilities will extend the fall color season. This selection originated from a northwest Minnesota native population seed lot and was noted for its early intense fall coloration as a two-year old seedling. Verticillium wilt may occur on poorly drained soil types.Menu September Flare® Sugar Maple - Acer saccharum 'SeptDak' (RFM-75) Description A very hardy sugar maple seedling selection exhibiting heavy textured tatter resistant foliage, consistent mid-September into early October showy red-orange fall coloration, and excellent winter hardiness in the Northern Plains to -40 ☏. Growing in full sun or shade, this species will tolerate a wide variety of soil types. Birds and squirrels fest on the fruit produced by this tree. This cultivar is considered one of the best in the trade for the temperate zone.įruit is the familiar two-winged samara as with other maples. The Canadian national emblem is often equated with the shape of the sugar maple leaf.ĭuring the summer the leaves are dark green (pale beneath), but by the fall they turn their brilliant shades of burnt orange or red. Sugar maple leaves range in size from 3”-6” across. Sugar maple can be distinguished from Norway maple by having rounded tips on the lobes of the leaves. They are often referred to as being star shaped. Leaves are arranged oppositely, are simple, and have 3-5 lobes. It features a symmetrical canopy with a regular (or smooth) outline. Green Mountain sugar maple develops into a stately tree that grows 40’-60’ tall and 35’ wide at maturity. ![]() On the east coast of the United States the trunks of sugar maples are tapped in the winter for their sap which is later boiled down to make maple syrup. Count on sugar maples to brighten the autumn landscape as their summer-green leaves turn with the season to bold tones of orange, red-orange and yellow. Description The main ornamental feature of Green Mountain Sugar Maple is its brilliant red, yellow, or orange fall color that develops in the cooler part of its range. ![]()
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