| Scientific Name: | Acer rubrum 'Franksred' |
| Common Name: | Red Sunset maple |
| Family Name: | Sapindaceae |
| Origin: | Canada - eastern, Garden origin, U.S. - northeast |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 10 - 15m x 4 - 5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Fall interest, Shade tree, Street (boulevard tree) |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Opposite, Soft flexible, Palmate venation, Pubescent, Obovate, Palmately lobed, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, Red, Dark-red, Mar-Apr |
| Fruit: | Samara, Schizocarp, Red, Brown, May-Jun |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Vigorous cultivar with strong wood; leaves opposite, blades orbicular, most 8-13cm long x 6-11cm wide, with 3 major acute-tipped lobes, margins softly serrate, bases rounded, fall colour vibrant red; flowers clustered, appear before the leaves, red (hence the common name); samaras red, narrower angle compared to Norway maple. Winter ID: buds red, glabrous (terminal buds multiple, up 5mm long, lateral buds, opposite, up to 3mm long); flower buds more rounded, up to 4mm long, in clusters that circle twigs (gives the branches a bumpy look). | |