Acer Freemanii Autumn Blaze

This variety of Acer freemanii is a red maple are tidy ornamental trees with a shock of red colour in autumn that punches through the landscape and looks superb as the strong red accent in a stand of trees with mixed autumn foliage. It is suitable for most well drained soils and it prefers full sun. Autumn blaze belongs to the group of hybrid maples called Freeman's maples (Acer x freemanii), which are crossed from Red maples and Silver maples. These trees have a lovely upright, egg shaped canopy that naturally suits a medium sized garden or woodland and which also look good when planted as avenue trees. Autumn blaze is one of the best maples for autumn colour, both in terms of how vibrant it is and how long the display lasts. It is a sterile tree that makes no seeds, so it is propagated from grafted cuttings.It is extremely drought tolerant and can reach a height of about 20 metres.

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History & uses of Acer freemanii Autumn Blaze

The Freemanii maples occur naturally in the wild, but the specific plants that are parents of all the modern, named cultivars have been bred from trees raised in the 1930's by Oliver Freeman of the US National Aboretum in Washington.

Notes on planting Autumn Blaze Maple trees:
Autumn Blaze Maple trees will grow well in most well drained conditions. They prefer slightly alkaline soil and tolerate chalk. Mature, established trees are very drought hardy.
They will not grow well if the site is very acidic or prone to waterlogging.
It is best not to plant Autumn Blaze in very exposed sites. Regular, strong winds may affect the shape of the canopy and damage branches.

Prepare your site before planting:
It is good to dig over the site where you plant a tree several months in advance. Kill the weeds first: for tough weeds like nettles, brambles and ground elder, you will usually need a glyphosate based weed-killer to get rid of them. When you dig the soil over, remove stones and other rubbish and mix in well rotted compost or manure down to the depth of about 2 spades.

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Remember to water establishing trees during dry weather for at least a year after planting.

Tree Planting accessories:
Prepare your site for planting by killing the weeds and grass with Roundup weed killer.
You can buy a tree planting pack with a wooden stake & rubber tie to support the tree and a mulch mat with pegs to protect the soil around the base of your tree from weeds and drying out.
We suggest that you use mycorrhizal "friendly fungi" on the roots of all newly planted large trees: if your soil quality is poor, we strongly recommend it.
You can also improve your soil with bonemeal organic fertiliser and Growmore.

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Delivery: The basic delivery charge for orders of bareroot plants is £6.50 + vat, which increases to £12.55 + vat if you add any pot-grown plants, standard trees or fruit trees to the order.
Because couriers sometimes experience delays, we schedule delivery by week, not by day. Therefore, please plan your planting day for the weekend at the end of the delivery week or for the week following delivery, at the earliest.
We will email you the day before your plants are due to arrive.

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Payment: We do not charge your card until we begin to prepare your order for packing.

Guarantee: If any plants die within a year, we will replace them. We only ask that you follow our planting & growing instructions and sent us clear photographs of the dead plants in situ, so we can help to make sure that the replacement plants succeed. You only pay for the delivery of the replacements.

Please note that our guarantee is void if there is a hosepipe ban in your area: your newly planted hedging must be watered in dry weather while it is establishing. The best way to water is very thoroughly every few days: at least once a week if there is no heavy rain.

Our nursery has been supplying container grown and bareroot hedging plants to gardeners, farmers and town planners since 1949. Our website started in 2003, so we do understand the concerns that you may have about buying hedging plants online. If any of your plants are damaged when they arrive or if you are otherwise not satisfied with your order after you inspect it, please repackage it and contact us. We will give you a refund or send replacements and send a courier to come and collect the unwanted plants.

Shade	Partial Shade
Soil	Alkaline/Chalky
Type	Screening
Also Good	Autumn Colour

	NUMBER OF PLANTS
SIZES	1-2	3-9	10+
6/8 std Bareroot	Out of Stock £49.95	Out of Stock £47.95	Out of Stock £45.95

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