SUPERIOR EARLY FALL COLOR FULL WITH CHARMING LATE WINTER FLOWERS
FEATURES:
- Tiny bright red flowers pop on the branches in late winter to early spring
- Deep green leaves emerge in spring and last through summer
- Known for its brilliantly red autumn color that arrives early and lasts for several weeks
- Adaptable to different climates and easy to grow
- Ideal as a specimen shade tree, street tree, or along a fence-line
- Hand selected fresh from the Grower
- Ships on our trucks because of the size of the tree - does not fit in a box
Growth Facts
- Hardiness Zone: 3-9
- Mature Height: 40-50' tall
- Mature Width: 25-35' wide
- Exposure: Full Sun/Part Shade
- Spacing: 25-35' apart
Red Sunset® Red Maple
Bower & Branch Trees and Plants
Acer rubrum 'Franksred'
Regular price
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SUPERIOR EARLY FALL COLOR FULL WITH CHARMING LATE WINTER FLOWERS
FEATURES:
- Tiny bright red flowers pop on the branches in late winter to early spring
- Deep green leaves emerge in spring and last through summer
- Known for its brilliantly red autumn color that arrives early and lasts for several weeks
- Adaptable to different climates and easy to grow
- Ideal as a specimen shade tree, street tree, or along a fence-line
- Hand selected fresh from the Grower
- Ships on our trucks because of the size of the tree - does not fit in a box
Growth Facts
- Hardiness Zone: 3-9
- Mature Height: 40-50' tall
- Mature Width: 25-35' wide
- Exposure: Full Sun/Part Shade
- Spacing: 25-35' apart
Why plant Red Sunset® Red Maple?
Red Sunset® Maple is a four-season shade tree. You will find this popular selection of our native Red Maple is not only great for picnicking under or tying the hammock to in summer, but you’ll appreciate the joy it brings to your garden throughout the year. In fall, Red Sunset’s® leaves turn as red as a dead-ripe beefsteak tomato. In late winter, look for the canopy to erupt once more—this time in a hazy of tiny flame-red flowers to kick off the start of spring. We are pleased to offer this best-selling Red Maple tree for sale not only in its usual street-tree form, but also as a multiple-trunked specimen. It’s your choice!
You could walk into just about any nursery in the country and say “Red Sunset”—or even “Sunset”—and the folks there would know what you mean, without you having to add, “Maple.” Red Sunset® has been the go-to shade tree for landscapers and homeowners since the 1970s. It was developed in the 1940s and introduced by J. Frank Schmidt Nursery in Boring, Oregon in 1966. Our Tree-Form, or “Single-Stem,” as they’re called in the trade, “Sunsets” have the classic shade-tree shape, with a clean, straight trunk and a rounded head.
How to use Red Sunset® Red Maple in the landscape?
This is one sunset that will never fade away! Red Sunset Maple is one of the best selections of the native Red Maple around and an excellent choice for street trees or as a specimen in your yard. In spring, new foliage is tinged with red eventually turning green with silver undersides. Those bright green leaves turn to bright red in fall supplying you with the most memorable sunset you can enjoy from your front porch!
Planting Zones
Hardiness Zones: 3-9
How To Plant Red Sunset® Red Maple
Red Maples are one of those trees that you plant and don’t worry about afterwards. In other words – it’s easy to grow! These fast-growing Maples like soaking up sunshine so be sure to plant it in sunny location. Red Maples also do fairly well in most soil conditions as long as the soil has good drainage. Once established, your tree will be more tolerant of wet soil conditions. Red Maples don’t have any major pest or disease problems, which is wonderful. One slight inconvenience you might encounter is their surface roots. These surface roots make it difficult for anything to grow underneath them – grass or plants (a great spot for a sitting area if you ask me). If you can overcome this minor detail, you got yourself a beautiful shade tree with gorgeous red fall color!
How To Water
Red Maples will appreciate regular water during its first few years in the ground and irrigation during long dry spells after it’s established.
How To Fertilize
Incorporate Elements Starter Plant Food granular form into the soil when planting. If planting in spring or summer, start fertilizing late fall using Elements Starter Plant Food granular form on an annual basis each late fall. Continue this for the first three years to get your plant well established.
How To Prune
Red Maples in general don’t need a lot of attention when it comes to pruning as it is in their nature to grow in the pyramidal shape.
How Does Shipping Work?
Bower & Branch Trees, the real BIG trees, don’t fit in a box! Our big trees, sizes XL and bigger, require expert delivery and care, that means our extra-large trees are shipped on Bower & Branch trucks. We are the only ones who know how to ship our big and bigger trees and plants with tender loving care. We deliver your trees and plants directly to you. Ask Bower & Branch about planting services – we'd be happy to assist in installation.
*For Big trees and Shrubs, Size XL and bigger: Review our Seasonal Shipping Timelines and Policy here.
Your trees and plants are grown across the United States at various Bower & Branch Growers. Depending on your location, your plant orders may be shipped from various locations. Please expect orders with multiple items to be delivered over a number of days as a result. Orders made up of numerous items or selections will not arrive at your home on the same day.
Shipping Delays:
From time to time, Bower & Branch Growers may determine to delay order shipment based on various factors for plant health. Weather in your region, as well as, where your plants are grown, is always considered when shipping. Extreme weather conditions may delay some or all of your order. Bower & Branch allows our Growers to make final shipping decisions based solely to benefit your trees and plants’ health and success.
How Does Sizing Work?
The size of our trees have nothing to do with the container size like you may find elsewhere–big doesn't mean just height - it’s also vigor, age, and overall health. Other online retailers are going to tell you that a plant is a seven gallon, that means nothing to your tree or plant (or you.)
Our trees for sale online are graded on large, x-large, and even bigger sizes. This is because our trees are sized by their age—the higher the letter, the more mature the tree. The age determines the trees’ overall height, size of the trunk and the overall branch density.
All of these characteristics are what you should be looking for when choosing a tree for immediate impact and instant curb appeal. Our extra-large tree and plant sizes are sure to wow you and your neighbors!
See the size guides below.
Our Guarantees
3-YEAR-TREE GUARANTEE:
Bower & Branch offers a Three-Year Tree Guarantee on all of our trees, sizes X-Large and up. Only the finest and the most experienced growers are awarded the opportunity to grow for Bower & Branch, so we offer the best guarantee available.
If your tree(s) should fail for any reason during the three-year guarantee period, you will receive an online gift card in the amount that you originally spent on the tree.* You can then use this online gift card for any Bower & Branch Purchase.
* Bower & Branch provides online gift cards in the amount of the original purchase price of the tree(s). The amount does not include any additional costs such as delivery, planting, tax, or any other products or services. Online gift cards can be applied towards any Bower & Branch purchase on BowerandBranch.com and have no expiration dates. Bower & Branch does not guarantee tree replacement or availability of any desired product at any time. Cash refunds are not offered. Bower & Branch requires that all original tags and receipts are present when a guarantee request is initiated. The Bower & Branch Three-Year Guarantee only applies to plant material that has been planted in the ground. Container plantings are NOT covered.
At Bower & Branch, we do our best to honor all guarantee fulfillment requests to ensure customer satisfaction. However, we reserve the right to refuse the request if the required guarantee steps were not satisfied. Bower & Branch also reserves the right to deny any guarantee fulfillment request that is made as a result of animal damage, problems with plant hardiness and zone issues, or acts of nature (snow storms, hurricanes, and similar).
Reach out to a Plant Whisperer with any questions:
- Email: plantwhisperers@bowerandbranch.com
- Phone: 866-873-3888
- Or via Online Chat
Customer Reviews
Hey Everyone,
I bought a clump of three of these maples about four years ago and they are thriving. This one was delivered on time and customer service was terrific. I called customer service because the tree seems to be struggling a bit. I just wanted you to be aware. The leaves have holes in them and it just looks droopy overall. It may be shock or the fact that it spent a bit of time on its side because it kept tipping over when it was in the container. Any thoughts or advice would be welcome. Otherwise, we're keeping our fingers crossed and watering it regularly. Always a pleasure doing business with you. Best, Bill and Sue Ferguson
I ordered a Red Sunset Red Maple from here a few months back. I had it planted and I am just so in love with this tree, the fall color was gorgeous and can't wait for more fall seasons to come. I will be ordering more from Bower and Branch hopefully this spring!!!
