Why Plant Flashfire® Sugar Maple?
You'll be wow-ed by the fall color of this fiery maple tree. Flashfire brings the heat when the weather changes and the leaves change from bright green to bright, fire engine red. Don't worry about not having a large landscape for this sugar maple to grow, Flashfire keeps a tidy, compact shape that is ideal for spaces big and small. Break out your favorite lounging chair and enjoy the sun from under the canopy of the Flashfire Sugar Maple, a fantastic shade tree for small spaces!
Flashfire is a cultivar sugar maple native to many parts of Eastern North America but also an abundant tree found in hardwood forests spanning from Missouri to Canada. This tree is a main tree to contribute fall color to New England homes. Native Americans taught the early settlers how to tap into sugar maples to produce maple syrup.
How to use Flashfire® Sugar Maple in the landscape?
This compact tree maintains an attractive oval habit that makes this tree great for smaller landscapes that do not have the room to allow a tree to branch out wide. Flashfire is best known for the extraordinary bright fall color that springs up from the bright green summer leaves. You'll be delighted to see vibrant orange, yellow, and red leaves add a spark of interest to the fall landscape. Plant your Flashfire® somewhere you can enjoy it. Line your driveway for the wonderful shade that is casted by this trees broad-reaching oval form. Use it as a single specimen or planted with many other Maple's for a color show. This tree does grow tall and should not be located under power lines due to the branches becoming tangled in the wires.
Planting Zones
Hardiness Zone: 4-8
How To Plant Flashfire® Sugar Maple
Flashfire is a simple tree to provide for as it is a low-maintenance tree. Locate Flashfire in an area that is abundant with full sun and moist, well-draining soil. A slow growing legacy tree, Flashfire will provide fantastic fall color for many years to come!
How To Water
Sugar 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
Sugar Maples will brighten your cool, autumn days and autumn is the best time to pay it back by fertilizing. 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
Prune your Sugar Maple in the winter only so the sticky sap doesn't turn into a sticky situation!
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.
