Maple types

Maple trees are trees, rarely shrubs or saplings, that for a long time and still are planted mainly in large gardens, since there are many species that not only reach impressive heights, but also develop very wide and leafy crowns.

But one of the many good things they have is that they can be pruned regularly, as long as the life cycles of each specimen are respected, and avoiding drastic pruning. So let's see what types of maples are the most recommended to grow.

Acer buergerianum

Known as trident mapleIt is a deciduous tree that grows in Japan, China and Taiwan. It grows up to 10-12 meters high, and develops a crown about 3 meters wide. The leaves are trilobed, green except in autumn when they turn reddish. Resists up to -20ºC.

country maple

It is known as minor maple or country maple, and is a deciduous tree native to Europe and western Asia. It grows up to 10 meters in height, and develops a 3-4 meter crown with palm-shaped leaves, glaucous green on the upper side and somewhat tomentose on the underside that in autumn they turn yellow. It resists frosts down to -20ºC.

acer x freemanii

It is a hybrid between the Acer and Acer saccharinum. It is a tree that grows up to 10 meters in height, and has a narrow crown. The leaves are green, but turn red in autumn before they fall. Resists up to -20ºC.

Acer freemanii 'Autumn Blaze'

It is very similar to the previous one, but with the difference that in autumn its leaves turn a much more intense red color.

Acer tataricum subsp. ginala

Known as acer ginnala, Amur maple or Russian maple, is a tree native to Northeast Asia. It is a species that usually grows about 5 meters in height, but it may be the case that it reaches 10 meters. Its crown measures 2-3 meters, and has deciduous palm-lobed leaves. These are green, but in autumn they turn red before falling. Resists cold down to -20ºC.

Acer griseum

This is the paper maple, or gray Chinese maple. It is native to China, and stands a maximum of 18 meters tall. It has a beautiful reddish bark and leaves made up of three leaflets, dark green on the upper surface and glaucous bluish-green on the underside. During autumn the leaves turn reddish-orange before drying out and dying.. It resists frosts down to -20ºC.

Acer japonicum

Known as full moon maple or Japanese plush maple, is a deciduous tree native to Japan and South Korea that reaches a height of between 5 and 15 meters in height. The crown is wide, but generally compact, 3-4 meters at most. Its leaves are palmate, rounded, with several lobes, and green in spring-summer and red in autumn.. It is a plant that supports up to -20ºC.

Acer monspessulanum

It is known as Montpellier maple, mundillo or enguelgue, and it is a deciduous tree that grows in the Mediterranean region. Its height ranges between 10 and 15 meters, and develops a crown of about 3 or 4 meters wide at most. The leaves are trilobed and green, except in autumn when they turn reddish.. Supports up to -18ºC.

acer opalus

It is a deciduous maple named oron or roast originating in Europe, specifically in the south and west. It measures up to 20 meters high. And its leaves are green, but during the fall its leaves turn red. Withstands frosts down to -18ºC.

Acer garnatense

His scientific name is Acer opalus subsp garnatense, and grows in the mountainous regions of the Mediterranean, including the Sierra de Tramuntana on the island of Mallorca. It differs from the previous one especially in its height: it grows over 5 meters, rarely 7. In autumn it can turn yellow or orange. It supports a little less cold, up to -15ºC.

acer negundo

Known as negundo or negundo maple, it is a deciduous tree native to North America. It reaches a height of 25 meters, and its crown is wide and rounded. The leaves are green in spring and summer, but as temperatures begin to drop, they turn yellowish until they come off the branches. It resists without problems up to -20ºC.

Acer palmatum

Japanese maple, also called polymorphous maple, or japanese palm maple, is a native tree of Japan and Korea. It is a tree or sometimes a deciduous shrub, which reaches a height of 6 to 16 meters, although there are "dwarf" cultivars, such as the Little Princess, which does not exceed one meter. The leaves are palmate, and in spring, summer and / or autumn, depending on the variety, it turns yellowish, red, purple or orange.. It withstands the cold well, supports up to -20ºC.

Acer palmatum var atropurpureum

El Acer palmatum var atropurpureum It is a deciduous tree, about 7 meters high, similar to the type species but with leaves that turn reddish in spring, greenish in summer, and purple-red in fall.

Acer palmatum 'Bloodgood'

Bloodgood is a Japanese maple cultivar that grows as a shrub to about 3 feet tall. It is an improved variety of 'Atropurpureum'. Its leaves are darker red in spring and fall.

Acer palmatum 'Deshojo'

Deshojo is a deciduous shrub that reaches 3 meters in height. It has reddish-green leaves in spring, and from summer to fall they turn more and more scarlet-red very striking.

Acer palmatum 'Osakazuki'

El osakazuki It is a deciduous tree of small height, as it is difficult for it to exceed 5 meters. It has palmate leaves, greenish in spring and summer, and scarlet red in autumn.

Acer platanoides

It is known as real maple, platanoid maple and Norwegian or Norwegian maple, and is a large deciduous tree native to Europe and Asia Minor. In fact, it is one of the largest of the genre, with its 35 meters high and a very wide crown that can exceed 4 meters in diameter. The leaves are palmate, with a toothed margin, and green in color. During the autumn season it turns yellow / orange. Supports up to -20ºC.

Acer platanoides 'Crimson King'

It is similar to the previous one, but the Acer platanoides 'Crimson King' has its leaves that instead of being green they are reddish / dark purple, turning almost brownish in autumn.

Acer pseudoplatanus

It is known as white maple, sycamore maple and fake banana, and it is a deciduous tree native to Europe, specifically from the center and south. It reaches a height of 30 meters, and develops a wide crown up to 4-5 meters in diameter. It has palmate leaves, green all year round except in autumn, which is when they turn yellow / orange.. Holds up to -18ºC.

Acer

It is popularly known as red maple, Canadian or Virginia maple, and American red maple, and is native to eastern North America. It is a deciduous tree that grows between 20 and 40 meters in height, and has a more or less pyramidal and dense crown, composed of palmate leaves with three green lobes. Only in autumn do they turn reddish. Very well resistant to frosts down to -18ºC.

Acer

It is known as sugar maple, and it is a deciduous tree that we will see wild in eastern North America. It reaches an approximate height of 10 meters, rarely 15 meters, and has a crown densely populated by palm leaves. The plant looks green most of the year; in autumn instead it becomes yellowish / reddish. It is one of the species from which maple syrup is obtained. Resists up to -30ºC.

Acer saccharinum

It is a deciduous tree native to the eastern United States and Canada, known as american white maple, silver maple, sugar maple and saccharine maple. It reaches a height of 30 meters, but can reach 40 meters. The leaves are palmate and have five lobes, the tip of which is serrated. Its color is light green on the upper side, and silver on the underside. In autumn it turns red. Resists up to -25ºC.

Which of these types of maples did you like the most?