Acer rubrum Autumn For best colour plant in

For best colour plant in a lime free soil

sturdy and upright in habit than the native Silver birch

With it's compact

Lush dark-green leaves turning golden yellow in autumn

deep furrows

Acer rubrum Autumn For best colour plant inA tree renowned for its spectacular scarlet autumn hues. Although the leaves are dark green in summer, its winter twigs have a red hue, as do its tiny spring flowers, which provide a cheery, if modest, second season of interest. The leaves themselves emerge in spring a pale yellow gradually darkening to green. Of North American origin, Acer rubrum has been cultivated in Europe since the 1600's. It grows on most soils in the UK, but rarely colours well