Like its silver maple parent, which is native in North Dakota and Minnesota, Autumn Blaze grows quickly, eventually becoming a large shade tree 40 to 50 feet high and wide, where adapted.

So, avoiding sidewalks or driveways would be advised. If maple syrup is on the bucket list, plant a sugar maple, acer saccharum. This is a hardy, large tree, 50 to 80 feet tall and 35 to 50 feet wide.

The tree you have specifically asked about, the 'Autumn Blaze' maple (Acer x fremanii 'Autumn Blaze') is an interesting selection that is actually a hybrid between two species of maple - the red ...

A: Autumn Blaze maple is the plant I receive the most mail about, and it’s not because they’re thriving. The questions arise from homeowners who are disappointed with a tree that is failing.

ANSWER: The Autumn Blaze maple is a cross between a Red Maple and a Silver Maple. Unfortunately, both parent trees have problems in our area. One characteristic is that the immature bark is very thin.

In the Midwest or other suitable climates such as the East Coast or Pacific Northwest, it will grow to a height of 60 feet and 40 feet wide. It is called Autumn Blaze caused of its splendid red ...

BELOIT—An Autumn Blaze Maple tree with the nickname “Ralphie” now is spreading its branches in back of Cunningham Intermediate School as a living memorial to former Cunningham Principal ...

The tree had grown tall since Lee Ann Meiborg planted it next to West Chicago Community High School in 2004. Towering over the roof on the building’s west side, the autumn blaze maple was a ...

Shengxiang Sun and her husband Dongliang Lu have delayed wedding photos taken in front of the Autumn Blaze Maple trees at the Pagoda Circle in Forest Park on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023.

There are a number of cultivars with "Autumn Blaze" and "Chanticleer" being two of the more popular. This tree can fit in tighter spaces, growing 25-30 feet tall and 15-20 feet wide.