A Guide to Silver Maple, Sugar Maple & Oaks

Silver Maple (Acer saccharinum) The silver maple is very similar to the red maple – except that the attractive green leaves have silver undersides and turn pale yellow or brown, not red, in the fall. The silver maple is a large tree that can grow to be over 70’ tall and up to 50’ wide so make sure you give this tree some space. Bark on the silver maple’s trunk is smooth and gray when the tree is young, and then becomes dark reddish brown and breaks into strips that peel off at either end and make the trunk look “shaggy”. Sometimes, the trunks of silver maples are hollow, creating space for animals and birds to live in.

Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum) – Canada’s national tree & possibly the best shade tree for fall colors ranging from gold to burnt orange to red.  Shapely and neat, a truly stately tree is adaptable to soils, but dislikes air pollution and compaction.  Sugar Maples have lobed green leaves throughout the season before turning the magnificent fall colours it is known for.  Every landscape should have a place for one of these aristocrats.

Oak

Oak trees are one of the most common trees in the Northern Hemisphere and some of the oldest living trees around the world.  Oak trees all share some similar characteristics and are divided in two main groups – White Oaks and Red Oaks.  They are generally easily identified by the leaf shape with White Oaks having rounded leaves and Red Oaks having more pointed leaves.  The mighty Oak trees have such strong branches, they can grow up to 135’ long.  Because of their elegant stature, some being more upright, oaks are a prized type of tree in any landscape.

Silver Cloud®

The hardiest cultivar of this species, Silver Cloud is fast growing & large with a consistent upright form. Pretty lobed leaves are highly ornamental & turn buttery yellow in fall. Red flowers in early spring.

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Fall Fiesta®

More vigorous and symmetrical in growth compared to other cultivars. Fall Fiesta is compact and sturdy when young but matures into a lovely shaped shade tree with thicker leaves that makes it very hardy.

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Green Mountain

A well-established, popular cultivar that typically grows 40-60’ tall. It has a broad pyramidal form & is noted for its rapid growth rate & thick deep green foliage turning excellent shades of orange and scarlet in fall.

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Burr Oak

This mighty, majestic Oak needs some room to spread out and is more suitable for larger yards. Burr Oak’s leaves are large, shiny green on top, pale & hairy underneath. It has very thick bark and a straight trunk.

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Crimson Spire English Oak

An excellent narrow, upright Oak with spectacular rusty red fall foliage that turns brown in fall but hangs on until spring. The trees make very good linear plantings or accent trees.

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Green Pillar® Pin Oak

This revolutionary Oak is tightly columnar with nearly vertical branches. The spiny lobed foliage is dark green throughout the season turning an outstanding deep red to scarlet in the fall.

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Scarlet Letter™ English Oak

It is a very dense, narrow columnar tree with dark green leaves maturing to rusty red in fall. When compared to other oaks, it boasts a faster growth rate and reliable cold hardiness.

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Pacific Brilliance™ Pin Oak

A moderately large sized oak with an even crown that lights up the sky come fall. A vision in green all summer, it transitions slowly to lemon yellow then gold, orange and vivid red.

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White Oak

A large imposing specimen with wide spreading branches that form an upright broad rounded crown. Dark green to blue green foliage through summer changes to showy brown & wine red to orange red in fall.

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Fastigiata English Oak

It is a large, majestic, upright, columnar form of the white oak group that typically grows 40-70 feet tall with a broad-spreading, rounded crown that matures into a dense elongated oval shape.

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Regal Prince®

Tall and stately with a symmetrical narrowly oval habit. Ideal as a shade tree in smaller home landscapes. A majestic shade tree, extremely tough and adaptable, faster growing than other oaks.

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Skinny Genes® English Oak

A very narrow oak with lustrous dark green glossy foliage that turns yellow to tawny yellow in fall. This is a specialty tree with an upright, columnar outline to create dramatic vertical impact.

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