Acer campestre Maple Back To List Description: Acer campestre, also known as The Field Maple is a round headed, medium-large sized tree with corky light brown stems, is good for hedges but undervalued as a specimen. Five lobed dark green leaves sometimes pinkish red at first turn a golden yellow russet, or even dark purple in autumn. A very hardy variety that's commonly used as motorway plantings. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge used these trees to decorate Westminster Abbey when they got married. History: Received an Award of Garden Merit from The Royal Horticultural Society. Acer campestre Growing Tips: Grows on chalk and quite acid soil, also on waterlogged sites. They thrive in sun but with partial shade in an open spaced area. Prune hard in the winter to increase leaf size for a more dramatic effect. Height and Spread (after 10 years): 6m x 4m Attributes DeciduousM Size: Medium Leaf colour: Red / Green Tree shape: Standard Award-winning Open space planting Autumn colour Chalk tolerant Can be hard pruned Wet tolerant Suitable for hedging Back To List Find a local stockist by selecting your county: Select a CountyAberdeenshireAngusArgyllshireAvonAyrshireBedfordshireBerkshireBristolBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireCardiffCarmarthenshireCeredigionChannel IslandsCheshireClwydConwyCornwallCumbriaDenbighshireDerbyshireDevonDorsetDumfriesshireDunbartonshireDurhamEast LothianEast SussexEssexFifeGlamorganGloucestershireGwentGwyneddHampshireHerefordshireHertfordshireHumbersideInverness-shireIsle of ManKentLanarkshireLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonLondonderryManchesterMerionethMerseysideMid GlamorganMiddlesexMidlothianMonmouthshireMontgomeryshireMorayshireNorfolkNorth YorkshireNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshirePembrokeshirePerthshirePowysRenfrewshireRoxburghshireRutlandShropshireSomersetSouth YorkshireStaffordshireStirlingshireSuffolkSurreyTaysideTyne and WearWarwickshireWest GlamorganWest LothianWest MidlandsWest SussexWest YorkshireWigtownshireWiltshireWorcestershireYorkshire Search Discover these similar varieties… Acer negundo ‘Flamingo’ Maple Young leaves have a broad, soft pink salmon coloured margin change to white. Attractive grey-white stems. Full Details Acer freemanii ‘Autumn Fantasy’ Maple A red and silver maple with bold, healthy leaves turning intense ruby red in the autumn. Good for public parks. Full Details Acer crataegifolium ‘Veitchii’ Maple Long dark green leaves with striking white and pale pink variegation in summer, then brilliant pink and purple in autumn. Full Details Acer pec ‘Laxiflorum’ Maple A small-medium sized tree or shrub-like tree with greenish-red young bark faintly striped white. Full Details
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