Simple, palmate leaves are glossy, dark green with 3-5 lobes and have red stems. Leaves are 3-6" (7.6-15.25 cm) across. Fruit Characteristics Red-ish samaras are 1.5" (3.8 cm) long. Plant Size ... red ...

I've just purchased a red maple ('October Glory') to provide shade for our backyard. ... Before planting, mix a little well-rotted leaf compost or peat moss into the hole.

Our favorite is “October Glory”, because it gets spectacular red fall color and keeps its leaves for many weeks after they turn red. ... (like red maple and sugar maple) ...

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maple, or Acer leucoderme, chalkbark maple, as both can have this deep red-orange fall color expression. However the leaves had three primary lobes, a doubly-serrate margin, and a reddish petiole ...

Other choices to consider for brilliant red fall coloration would be the 'Red Sunset' or 'October Glory' maple. ... Compost. Take advantage of nature's gifts (falling leaves) and put them to good use.

My recent theme has been about autumn leaves: the brilliant colors of my October Glory red maple and putting them to good use after they fall. A recent observation raised an interesting question ...

All of these cultivated red maple trees are female, meaning that every late spring to early summer these trees are guaranteed to have helicopter-like samaras. This maple was patented in 1961 (although ...