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Acer ginnala
Also called Amur Maple, Ginnala Maple
Amur maple is a small deciduous tree or spreading shrub from northeastern Asia, grown for its brilliant orange to red autumn leaves. It is very cold hardy and grows fast in moist, loamy soil in a sunny to lightly shaded spot.
Acer tataricum subsp. ginnala, the Amur maple, often treated as a distinct species Acer ginnala, is a plant species with woody stems native to northeastern Asia from easternmost Mongolia east to Korea and Japan, and north to the Russian Far East in the Amur River valley. It is a small maple with deciduous leaves that is sometimes grown as a garden subject, in parks, or as a street tree.
Amur maple is grown as an ornamental tree in northern regions of Europe and North America. It is the most cold-tolerant maple, hardy to zone 2. It is naturalised in parts of North America. Planted on exceptional sites facing south west with consistent moisture and light loamy soils, this tree can grow 1 m (3 ft 3 in) per year making it a fast grower. It is often planted as a shrub along borders.
In the UK it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acer tataricum subsp. ginnala by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
