Scarlet Sentinel Maple

columnar
average
5
hybrid
fast

Description

A silver maple/red maple hybrid; a tightly upright tree with stunning fall colors of yellow, orange and scarlet; very fast growing, an ideal tall tree for small home landscapes, more tolerant of adverse conditions than red maple

Landscape Attributes

Scarlet Sentinel Maple is a deciduous tree with a narrowly upright and columnar growth habit. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

Scarlet Sentinel Maple is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Planting & Growing

Scarlet Sentinel Maple will grow to be about 40 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 20 feet. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 5 feet from the ground, and should not be planted underneath power lines. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 80 years or more.

This tree should only be grown in full sunlight. It is quite adaptable, prefering to grow in average to wet conditions, and will even tolerate some standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.

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