Columbus Garden Center - 1156 Oakland Park Avenue, Columbus, OH 43224-3317 Phone: 614-268-3511 Fax: 614-784-7700Delaware Garden Center - 25 Kilbourne Road, Delaware, OH 43015 Phone: 740-548-6633 Fax: 740-363-2091

Dublin Garden Center - 4261 West Dublin-Granville Road, Dublin, Ohio 43017 Phone: 614-874-2400 Fax: 614-874-2420New Albany Garden Center - 5211 Johnstown Rd, New Albany, Ohio 43054 Phone: 614-917-1020 Fax: 614-917-1023

Columnar Norway Maple in fallPhoto courtesy of NetPS Plant Finder

Columnar Norway Maple foliagePhoto courtesy of NetPS Plant Finder

Columnar Norway Maple*Acer platanoides 'Columnare'

Height: 45 feet

Spread: 15 feet

Sunlight:

Hardiness Zone: 4b

Description:

A popular choice for adding a little dynamic motion to theskyline of a landscape silhouette, this is a tall and verycolumnar tree, making quite a strong exclamation point inthe landscape

Ornamental Features

Columnar Norway Maple is blanketed in stunningcorymbs of lemon yellow flowers along the branches inearly spring before the leaves. It has dark green foliagethroughout the season. The lobed leaves turn yellow infall. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.

Landscape Attributes

Columnar Norway Maple is a dense deciduous tree with anarrowly upright and columnar growth habit. Its relativelycoarse texture can be used to stand it apart from otherlandscape plants with finer foliage.

This is a relatively low maintenance tree, and should notrequire much pruning, except when necessary, such as toremove dieback. It has no significant negativecharacteristics.

Columnar Norway Maple is recommended for thefollowing landscape applications;

- Accent- Vertical Accent

Columbus Garden Center - 1156 Oakland Park Avenue, Columbus, OH 43224-3317 Phone: 614-268-3511 Fax: 614-784-7700Delaware Garden Center - 25 Kilbourne Road, Delaware, OH 43015 Phone: 740-548-6633 Fax: 740-363-2091

Dublin Garden Center - 4261 West Dublin-Granville Road, Dublin, Ohio 43017 Phone: 614-874-2400 Fax: 614-874-2420New Albany Garden Center - 5211 Johnstown Rd, New Albany, Ohio 43054 Phone: 614-917-1020 Fax: 614-917-1023

Columnar Norway Maple foliagePhoto courtesy of NetPS Plant Finder

Planting & Growing

Columnar Norway Maple will grow to be about 45 feet tallat maturity, with a spread of 15 feet. It has a low canopywith a typical clearance of 5 feet from the ground, andshould not be planted underneath power lines. It grows ata medium rate, and under ideal conditions can beexpected to live to a ripe old age of 100 years or more;think of this as a heritage tree for future generations!

This tree should only be grown in full sunlight. It prefers togrow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't beallowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil type or pH.It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrivein inner city environments. This is a selected variety of aspecies not originally from North America.

* This is a 'special order' plant - contact store for details