(Ash-Leaved Maple, Boxelder)

Box elder is a short-lived deciduous tree native to many regions in North America. Although sometimes scorned as an ornamental plant because of its weak wood and its penchant for self-sowing, it has given rise to many attractive cultivars. Introduced in the late nineteenth century, 'Aureomarginatum' has three-parted leaves with broad irregular margins that fade from gold to creamy yellow. Fall color is usually unremarkable. A male selection, it produces inconspicuous greenish yellow flowers in spring,...

(Boxelder, Crispum Variegatum Boxelder)

Box elder is a short-lived deciduous tree native to many regions in North America. Although sometimes scorned as an ornamental plant because of its weak wood and its penchant for self-sowing, it has given rise to many attractive cultivars. Introduced more than 100 years ago, 'Crispum Variegatum' has curled, three-parted leaves with creamy yellow margins. Fall color is usually unremarkable. A male selection, it produces inconspicuous greenish yellow flowers in spring, and does not fruit. Typically...

(Ash-Leaved Maple, Boxelder, Flamingo Box Elder)

Box elder is a short-lived deciduous tree native to many regions in North America. Although sometimes scorned as an ornamental plant because of its weak wood and its penchant for self-sowing, it has given rise to many attractive cultivars. The cultivar 'Flamingo' is a variegated selection that bears pink, three-lobed leaves in spring that mature to green with irregular ivory margins. A male tree, it produces inconspicuous greenish yellow flowers in spring, and does not fruit. Typically low-branched,...

(Boxelder, Kelly's Gold Boxelder)

Box elder is a short-lived deciduous tree native to many regions in North America. Although sometimes scorned as an ornamental plant because of its weak wood and its penchant for self-sowing, it has given rise to many attractive cultivars. Introduced in 1989 by Duncan and Davies Nursery in New Zealand, 'Kelly's Gold' has three-parted, lemon-yellow leaves with contrasting red stems. The leaves hold their color through summer. Fall color is usually unremarkable. A female selection, it produces inconspicuous...

(Ash-Leaved Maple, Boxelder)

Box elder is a short-lived deciduous tree native to many regions in North America. Although sometimes scorned as an ornamental plant because of its weak wood and its penchant for self-sowing, it has given rise to many attractive cultivars. Introduced in the mid-nineteenth century, 'Variegatum' has three-parted leaves with broad irregular creamy white margins. Fall color is usually unremarkable. A female selection, it produces inconspicuous greenish yellow flowers in spring which give rise to clusters...

(Norway Maple)

Norway maple is a popular, fast-growing, deciduous shade tree that is native to regions across Europe. These trees have dense rounded canopies and large leaves that are medium to dark green in the summer and turn pale yellow, yellow or yellow-green, rarely red, in the fall.

This tree is tolerant of a wide range of sites and conditions but does best in locations with full sun to part shade and well-drained, average soil. There are two caveats to planting a Norway maple; it tends to self-seed...

(Norway Maple)

Norway maple is a fast-growing deciduous shade tree native to Europe but naturalized in the United States and elsewhere. Somewhat more irregular and open in habit than the similar 'Globosum', 'Almira' has a low broad domed canopy and dark green, five- to seven-lobed leaves that turn pumpkin yellow in fall. The leaf stems exude a milky latex if severed. Clustered yellow-green flowers – which are more abundant and conspicuous than those of many maples – are followed by winged brown seeds ('Globosum'...

(Norway Maple)

Norway maple is a fast-growing deciduous shade tree native to Europe but naturalized in the United States and elsewhere. Introduced in the mid nineteenth century, 'Columnare' is a tall cylindrical tree with ascending branches. Its dark green, five- to seven-lobed leaves turn pumpkin yellow in fall. The leaf stems exude a milky latex if severed. Clustered yellow-green flowers – which are more abundant and conspicuous than those of many maples – are followed by winged brown seeds. The bark is dark...

(Crimson King Norway Maple, Norway Maple)

Crimson King Norway maple is a popular, fast-growing, deciduous shade tree that originates from Europe. It has a dense rounded canopy and large leaves that are very dark purple. Its thick, dark colored foliage creates extremely dense shade making it difficult to grow plants beneath. This tree is very tolerant of a wide range of sites and conditions but does best in locations with full sun to part shade and well-drain average soil. Norway maples tend to self-seed aggressively and should be planted...

(Deborah Norway Maple, Norway Maple)

Norway maple is a fast-growing deciduous shade tree native to Europe but naturalized in the United States and other areas. The cultivar 'Deborah' has a dense rounded canopy and attractive wavy-edged leaves that are burgundy in spring, become bronze-green in summer, and turn orange-yellow in the fall. The clustered yellow-green flowers – which are more abundant and conspicuous than those of many maples – are followed by winged brown seeds.

Norway maple is very tolerant of a wide range of sites...