Acer rubrum - October Glory Lipstick Maple Red Maple Tree is an excellent specimen tree with  late red autumn foliage colour.  When the leaves turn they become a wonderful background tree. Well suited to larger gardens, street and public parks and public gardens.

Height: 8 - 12 metres  (Tends only to reach its minimum height in an urban environment)

Width:7 -9 metres.

Growth rate: Moderate.

Form: Acer rubrum - October Glory Lipstick Maple Red Maple Tree has an oval - rounded. canopy.

Foliage: Glossy, dark green five-lobed leaves with red petioles and a greyish underside.

Autumn colour: a dark pinkish-red then vivid red. The leaf undersides become greyish-pink.

Bark: Thin, dark grey and roughly textured. Lipstick maple's young twigs are a briliant bright red.

Tolerances: October Glory Lipstick maple adapts to a wide range of climatic and soil conditions including moderately wet soils. It is also tolerant to air pollution and compaction. 

Landscape use: Acer rubrum - October Glory Lipstick Maple Red Maple Tree makes a great specimen tree, but is also suited to multiple plantings along a drive or avenue.