Maple 'Red Sunset' Privacy Plants Additional attribute: Cut Flowers Showy

Additional attribute: Cut Flowers Showy Flowers Fall Color Ornamental Berries Bird Friendly Landscape Uses: Border

These plants have been used widely throughout the Northeast and Long Island for years because of their moderately fast growth

The spherical cones which decorate its branch tips may grow to 1 inch in diameter

Habit: Mounding Growth Rate: Moderate Hardiness Zone: Zone 4-11 Bloom Time: Spring through Summer Flower Colors: Red Water Needs: Average Maintenance: Easy Pruning Time: late winter or early spring

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Maple 'Red Sunset' Privacy Plants Additional attribute: Cut Flowers ShowyAcer rubrum 'Franksred' Red Sunset refers to this maples foliage in autumn when it flames vermilion. The flower clusters, which appear on silvery bare branches in early spring also burn red, as do some of the emerging three to five lobed leaves. However, the foliage shortly turns green and remains that cooling color for most of the spring and summer months until the trees autumn show time. This cultivar is considered one of the best maples for fall