Acer saccharinum - Silver Maple - Photo courtesy of J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co.

Silver Maple

Acer saccharinum

  • Fast-growing, tall, with a rounded, open, spreading crown
  • Small yellow flowers appear in clusters before the foliage
  • Deeply lobed light green leaves have silvery undersides
  • Foliage turns yellow in the fall
  • A large tree at maturity, good for wet areas
  • Bloom Time: Spring

ZONE:
3

COLOUR:
Yellow

HEIGHT:
18-20 m

SPREAD:
15-18 m

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Growing and Maintenance Tips:


Silver maple can tolerate moist to wet, sometimes mucky, often poorly drained soils. A good selection when planting on floodplains, along the edges of streams and rivers and in low woods.

Additional Notes about Silver Maple:


Native to Ontario and parts of North America.

Silver maple gets its name from the silvery undersides of its leaves.

Characteristics & Attributes


ATTRIBUTES:
Deciduous
Fall Color
FLOWERING TIME:
Spring
FOLIAGE COLOR:
Green
Yellow
LANDSCAPE USES:
Specimen
Naturalizing