Main Street Shantung Maple is a fast-growing deciduous tree with a contained growth and dense rounded crown. Its glossy palmate leaves turn blazing orange -red in fall. Grows best in average well-drained acidic soils. Main Street is extremely drought tolerant and well-adapted to urban conditions, making it for a good street tree.
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Type:
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Tree
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Origins:
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Northern China and Korea
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Height:
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20’ - 30’
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Spread:
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15’ - 20’
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Spacing:
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18’
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USDA Hardiness Zone:
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4 - 9
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Culture:
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Full Sun, Part Sun
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Bloom Color:
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Yellow
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Season of Interest:
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Fall
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MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance. Water regularly. Susceptible to verticillium wilt and anthracnose disease.
LANDSCAPE USES: Group Plantings or Specimen Tree, Naturalized Areas, Woodland Gardens, Privacy Screen, Street Tree, and Shade Tree
COMPANION PLANTS: Camellia, Hosta, Pieris
IMAGES: Corey Coyle, Maple Tree in Warner Park - panoramio, CC BY 3.0, Photo by Moon Tree Farms, Main Street® Shantung Maple
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
