Maple : AUTUMN BLAZE® 120-180cm (4-6') On Own Root (Orchard Grade)

Name: Maple : AUTUMN BLAZE® 120-180cm (4-6') On Own Root (Orchard Grade)
SKU: 188-0354-2
Price: 25.95 CAD
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$25.95

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An 'orchard grade' is a tree that may be somewhat shorter, slightly crooked, or a bit scratched, or for some other reason is not a perfect front lawn specimen. These trees will work just as well in an orchard as a first or number one would, since they still produce the very same fruit.

(Acer x freemanii 'Jeffersred')

Autumn Blaze® combines the fast growth and drought tolerance of it's Silver Maple parent, with the finer branching, denser foliage, and gorgeous fall colour of it's other parent, the Red Maple. This highly adaptable shade tree is very popular because of it's quick landscape impact and early transition from vibrant green to brilliant, scarlet leaves. Autumn Blaze® will tolerate high soil pH and urban sites, but needs enough space to accommodate it's broad, oval form. Mature size will often reach 15-17m (50-55') in height and 12-14m (40-45') in width. With it's Silver Maple ancestry, Autumn Blaze® may at times require corrective pruning as a young tree, to eliminate narrow crotch angles or Y shaped leaders which are susceptible to splitting in ice storms.

ZONE 3

Rootstock

On Own Root

Zone

Rootstocks

G41 Dwarf

(2.5-3.1m/8-10ft)

G935 Small Semi-Dwarf

(3.25-4m/10-13ft)

G969 Small Semi-Dwarf

(3.25-4m/10-14ft)

G30 Semi-Dwarf

(3.6-5m/12-16ft)

G890 Semi-Dwarf

(3.6-5m/13-16ft)

Pollenator definitions

Some trees and many berry plants are SELF-FERTILE ̶means the insect pollinators or even the wind can pollinate the blossoms without the need of a second tree.
NEEDS A POLLENIZER ̶ means another tree of the same type or kind but a different variety must be blooming nearby at the same time.
EXAMPLE A Liberty apple and a Wealthy apple can cross-pollinate. Two trees of the same variety ie: ̶ 2 Wealthy apples, cannot cross pollinate because they are genetically identical.
Other trees are marked as SEMI-FERTILE. These will set fruit without a second tree. However they will often bear more, and sometimes larger fruit if another variety of the same kind of tree is nearby.
You can select 2 different trees of the same kind marked as NEEDS A POLLENIZER or plant one of those along with one SELF-FERTILE or one SEMI-FERTILE. Also consider ripening times ̶ a Goldrush apple might not start blooming before a Pristine is finished.