Sugar Maple

Acer saccharum

Sugar Maple is grown for its foliage rather than flowers, giving the garden structure and colour all season long.

Bloom time

Foliage plant

Hardiness

Zones 3–8

Sun

Full sun

Water

Moderate water

Mature size

18 m × 12 m

Type

Tree

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Growing Sugar Maple

Plant it in full sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 3–8. Expect it to reach about 18 m tall and 12 m wide at maturity, in roughly 25 years.

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Sugar Maple

Growing Sugar Maple

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