Acer saccharum 'Flashfire™' (Sugar maple 'Flashfire™')

Cultivation

Grow in fertile, moist but well-drained, acid to slightly alkaline soil in full sun or partial shade. This cultivar tolerates high temperatures and is resistant to mildew.

Suggested uses

Architectural, City, Low Maintenance, Foliage only, Specimen tree, Bees (attract & feed bees)

UK hardiness

H7

USDA zones

Zone 3, Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8

Sunset zone

1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20

WUCOLS

North-Central Coastal = Moderate/Medium
Central Valley = Inappropriate
South Coastal = Inappropriate
South Inland = Inappropriate
High and Intermediate Desert = Inappropriate
Low Desert = Inappropriate

Foliage

Deciduous

Habit

Rounded, Broadly conical

Native to

Garden origin

Drought tolerant

No

Flood tolerant

Yes

Toxicity

Not toxic