Buy It: Bareroot Red Maple Tree, $18.99, Arbor Day Foundation Those maple flowers turn into those propeller “spinners” that twirl down to the ground in the spring.

In every frame, a tiny but brilliant red maple leaf lies in a gutter, swirls along a gray sidewalk or rests on a humped, ferrous-orange hill that looks like an H.P. Lovecraft landscape.

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.

'Florida Flame' is a large tree that will grow to 45 to 50 feet tall with a spread of 20 to 30 feet. It features bright red emerging foliage and brilliant fall color.

Amur maple might not be an obvious choice for a formal setting, but the tree is well-suited to a naturalistic landscape. Multitrunk forms are good in a mixed hedgerow, as an informal hedge or even ...

On Thursday, an autumn flame red maple was planted at Jones Farm Park to observe the 30-year anniversary of Master Gardening in Alabama. Mary Lou McNabb, the founder, was among those in attendance.