Crimson King Maple
As an invasive species in north america.
Crimson king maple. The cultivars crimson king and princeton gold prigold have gained the royal horticultural society s award of garden merit. Its oval to rounded dense crown fills with ornamental clusters of reddish orange flowers in the spring just as the leaves emerge. Crimson king is a red leaved cultivar which is noted for its rich maroon leaves that last throughout the summer and its purple fruits. It was introduced in america in 1756.
Crimson kings are green in spring but when summer starts they are redish purple all summer long. The crimson king maple is a variety of the norway maple tree the crimson king maple is a cultivated variety of the norway maple tree. Crimson king as already noted is not closely related to red maple. It is a tall tree and offers a large amount of shade.
The norway maple was introduced to northeastern north america between 1750 and 1760 as an ornamental shade tree. Specific epithet means resembling platanus sycamore which is somewhat curious since the leaves of norway maple do not really bear that much resemblance to sycamores. It is a round headed 45 foot tall tree with dense branching and a single stout gray turning to black trunk. Majestic award winner acer platanoides crimson king norway maple is a vigorous medium sized deciduous tree prized for its large rich purplish crimson leaves that last throughout the summer and its purple fruits.
Crimson king maple is a selection of norway maple a tree now widely naturalized in the cooler more moist parts of the northeast and new england states. Crimson kings are green in spring but by summer they are redish purple all summer long. Crimson king norway maple acer platanoides crimson king sku 0113 this bold landscape tree creates dense shade with its large deeply lobed leaves. The former is a cultivar cultivated variety of norway maple having crimson or reddish purple leaves.
But the other point of interest for the tree lovers is the wonderful display it sets right through the warm months. John bartram was the first to sell the king crimson maple on american soil. Crimson king maples have deep sharp leaf margins. Fall color is unremarkable.
Crimson king maples have deep sharp leaf margins. Crimson king maple tree crimson maple gives you yellow flowers in spring before it produces red seed pods. The best feature of the king crimson maple is certainly its rich color of the foliage. American tree having green leaves all summer and often red foliage in the fall.