Acer saccharum 'Goldspire'
Goldspire Sugar Maple

 Plant Type:
 Growth Forms:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Flower Notes:
Yellow (Greenish-yellow flowers in the spring)
 Foliage Notes:
Green (Dark green summer foliage); Yellow (Yellow to yellow-orange during fall months)
 Fruit Notes:
Brown (Samaras are green then brown at maturity)
 Ultimate Height:
40-50 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
10-15 feet
 Soil Notes:
Prefers well-drained, moist, slightly acidic soils; but adapts to many types of soils including those that are slightly alkaline
 Range:
Cultivated origin
 Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves are a dark, lustrous green, opposite, simple, 3-6" in length and width, slightly coarse toothed, with 3 to 5 lobes that come to a fine point. Samaras are 1-1.75" in length and create a horse-shoe shape.

Additional Information

The Goldspire Sugar Maple has a densely columnar shape and brilliant yellow to yellow-orange fall foliage. This cultivar is shade tolerant and resistant to leaf scorch. As with most Sugar Maples, the Goldspire Sugar Maple does not tolerate compacted soils.

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