The Acer saccharinum - Silver Maple Tree Yellow Maple Tree is an attractive and fast growing shade tree with a distinctive silvery underside to the leaves. Perfectly suits larger parks, gardens and private properties. The Acer saccharinum - Silver Maple Tree Yellow Maple Tree prefers room to grow with its strong root system.

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

Width: 10 metres.

Growth rate: Moderate.

Form: Pyramidal and fast growing when young, becoming a graceful, oval to rounded tree with the outer branches becoming pendulous.

Foliage: Acer saccharinum - Silver Maple Tree Yellow Maple Tree has light to mid-green, sharply and deeply five-lobed leaves on a very long petiole. The leaf undersides are distinctly greenish-white to silvery which is particularly attractive when the foliage blows in the breeze.

Autumn colour:  Can vary from greenish-yellow to greenish-brown with some brilliant bronze-red if the weather is cooler during autumn.

Bark: Light grey and scaly. Young branches are attractive greyish-brown.

Tolerances: Acer saccharinum - Silver Maple Tree Yellow Maple Tree is adaptable to a range of site conditions. Well suited to wet conditions and also tolerates some dryness and poor soils.

Landscape use:Acer saccharinum - Silver Maple Tree Yellow Maple  is perfect for use in large gardens, which can be enjoyed in all seasons.

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