Acer campestre Acer Back To List Acer 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 yellowish-golden 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 Tree shape: StandardM Size: Medium Leaf colour: Red / Green Chalk tolerant Suitable for hedging Autumn colour Can be hard pruned Open space planting Wet tolerant Back To List Find a local stockist by selecting your county: Select a CountyAberdeenshireAngusArgyllshireAvonAyrshireBedfordshireBerkshireBristolBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireCardiffCarmarthenshireCeredigionChannel IslandsCheshireClwydCo. AntrimCo. DownCo. WestmeathConwyCornwallCumbriaDenbighshireDerbyshireDevonDorsetDublinDumfriesshireDunbartonshireDurhamEast LothianEast SussexEssexFifeGlamorganGloucestershireGwentGwyneddHampshireHerefordshireHertfordshireHumbersideInverness-shireIsle of ManKentLanarkshireLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonLondonderryManchesterMerionethMerseysideMid GlamorganMiddlesexMidlothianMonmouthshireMontgomeryshireMorayshireNorfolkNorth YorkshireNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshirePembrokeshirePerthshirePowysRenfrewshireRoxburghshireRutlandShropshireSomersetSouth YorkshireStaffordshireStirlingshireSuffolkSurreyTaysideTyne and WearWarwickshireWest GlamorganWest LothianWest MidlandsWest SussexWest YorkshireWigtownshireWiltshireWorcestershireYorkshire Search Discover these similar varieties… Acer rubrum ‘Somerset’ Acer Intense deep red autumn colour, even as a young tree. Ovate crown and moderate size. A male clone. Full Details Acer japonicum ‘Acontifolium’ Acer Deeply cut soft green leaves turning rich ruby-crimson in autumn. Produces clusters of reddish-purple flowers. Full Details Acer tegmentosum ‘Joe Witt’ Acer Lovely snakebark maple sporting pure alabaster whitish-green bark in winter. Golden yellow colours in autumn! Full Details Acer freemanii ‘Autumn Fantasy’ Acer A red and silver maple with bold, healthy leaves turning intense ruby-red in the autumn. Good for public parks. Full Details
Acer rubrum ‘Somerset’ Acer Intense deep red autumn colour, even as a young tree. Ovate crown and moderate size. A male clone. Full Details
Acer japonicum ‘Acontifolium’ Acer Deeply cut soft green leaves turning rich ruby-crimson in autumn. Produces clusters of reddish-purple flowers. Full Details
Acer tegmentosum ‘Joe Witt’ Acer Lovely snakebark maple sporting pure alabaster whitish-green bark in winter. Golden yellow colours in autumn! Full Details
Acer freemanii ‘Autumn Fantasy’ Acer A red and silver maple with bold, healthy leaves turning intense ruby-red in the autumn. Good for public parks. Full Details