
Boxelder
- Botanical Name
- Acer negundo
- Min Zone
- 2
- Max Zone
- 9
- Height
- 30 to 50 feet
- Width
- 30 to 50 feet
- Flowers
- March thru April: yellow-green, not effective
- Fruit
- Samaras with pair set at narrow angle, profuse and persistent
- Light
- Sun to shade
- Soil
- Adaptable to any conditions
- Planting & Care
- Easy to transplant
- Problems
- Weak wooded, short-lived tree, can be invasive, boxelder bugs
- Varieties
- Flamingo - variegated leaves of creamy white and grean that emerge bright pink in spring, 20 by 15 feet, Zone 5
- Kelly's Gold - bright gold leaves
- Sensation - better structure, brilliant red fall color, 30 by 25 feet, Zone 5
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