
Norway Maple
- Botanical Name
- Acer platanoides
- Hardiness
- Zones 3 to 7(8)
- Height
- 40 to 50 feet
- Width
- Two thirds height or equal width
- Flowers
- April: yellow
- Fruit
- Samaras, pair set like coat hangers
- Fall Color
- Yellow
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Soil
- Well drained, adaptable
- Planting & Care
- Easy to transplant
- Tolerates urban sites and is salt tolerant
- Few scorch problems
- Problems
- Decline, girdling roots, verticillium wilt, weedy, overused
- Varieties
- Summershade - leathery foliage, more heat tolerant, 42x40'
- Cleveland - upright oval form, yellow fall color, 40x30'
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