Cultivated in Europe for its fabulous autumn colour and in America for the manufacture of furniture, this large tree has a rounded habit. The dark green leaves, slightly purple underneath, turn a brilliant scarlet in autumn.

It tolerates air pollution and wet soil.  As a warning note, for all the attributes of this tree, it is rarely seen thriving in the UK as it is dependent on accessing the trace element manganese which it can only derive from acid soils.  This is also true of the subsequemt varieties, with the exception of Red Sunset that we have seen thriving in London, so beware!  We would refer you to Acer freemanii Autumn Blaze as a possible alternative.

Mature height: 20m+