Wholesale
Nursery Stock Price List
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Acer
Rubrum
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Red
Maple or Soft Maple or Swamp Maple
varieties
October Glory
Maple and Red Sunset Maple |
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Our current inventory of Acer Rubrum (Red
Maple or Soft Maple or Swamp Maple), in two varieties (October Glory Maple
and Red Sunset Maple), is presented below by nine (9) available sizes along
with their individual wholesale price (cost varies per size and quantity).
Acer
Rubrum (Red Maple or Soft Maple or Swamp Maple)
Zone 3, both varieties have excellent
fall color |
| Varieties..: |
October
Glory Maple
Red Sunset Maple |
| 2.0"
(inches) |
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$
120.00 |
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2.5" (inches)
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$ 150.00
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3.0" (inches)
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$ 200.00
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3.5" (inches)
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$ 220.00
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4.0" (inches)
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$ 300.00
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| 6'
(feet) |
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$
100.00 |
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7' (feet)
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$ 125.00
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8' (feet)
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$ 150.00
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10' (feet)
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$ 200.00
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The
Gerdes Fact Sheet
Scientific
Classification
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Kingdom...:
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Plantae |
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Division...:
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Magnoliophyta |
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Class...:
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Magnoliopsida |
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Order...:
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Sapindales |
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Family...:
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Sapindaceae |
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Genus...:
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Acer |
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Species...:
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Acer Rubrum |
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Variety...:
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October Glory
Maple
Red Sunset Maple |
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The Red Maple (Acer Rubrum) is also commonly
known as the Soft Maple or Swamp Maple. It is the state tree
of Rhode Island.
The October Glory Maple has a rounded oval
crown with late developing intense red fall foliage. Along with the Red
Sunset, it is the most popular selection due to the dependable fall color
and vigorous growth.
The Red Sunset Maple does well in heat
due to its drought tolerance and has an upright habit. It has very attractive
orange-red fall color and is also a rapid and vigorous grower.
The Acer Rubrum is one of the most common
and widespread deciduous trees of eastern North America. It ranges from
the Lake of the Woods on the border between Ontario and Minnesota, east
to Newfoundland, south to near Miami, Florida, and southwest to east Texas.
It lives longer than 150 years, making
it short to medium lived, and it reaches maturity in 70 to 80 years.
Many of its features, especially its leaves,
are quite variable in form. At maturity it often attains a height of around
82 feet. It is aptly named as its flowers, petioles, twigs and seeds are
all red to varying degrees. Among these features, however, it is most well
known for its brilliant deep scarlet foliage in autumn.
Over most of its range, red maple is adaptable
to a very wide range of site conditions, perhaps more so than any other
tree in eastern North America. It can be found growing in swamps, on poor
dry soils, and most anywhere in between. Elevation is also not a limiting
factor in its range, as it grows well from sea level to about 3,000 feet.
The Red Maple is a medium to large sized
tree, reaching heights of 60 to 90 feet (but rarely over 115 feet). The
diameter can range from 18 to 30 inches, depending on the growing conditions.
The largest known living red maple is located near Armada, Michigan, at
a height of 125 feet and a bole circumference, at breast height, of 16.25
feet,
The crown is irregularly ovoid with ascending
whip-like curved shoots. The bark is a pale gray and smooth when the individual
is young. As the tree grows the bark becomes darker and cracks into slightly
raised long plates.
The leaves of the Acer Rubrum offer the
easiest way to distinguish it from its relatives. As with all maples, they
are deciduous and arranged oppositely on the twig. They are typically 2
to 4 inches long and wide with 3 to 5 palmate lobes with a serrated margin.
The sinuses are typically narrow, but the leaves can exhibit considerable
variation. When 5 lobes are present, the three at the terminal end are
larger than the other two near the base.
The upper side of the leaf is light green
and the underside is whitish and can be either glaucous or hairy. The leaf
stalks are usually red and are up to 4 inches long. Furthermore, the leaves
turn a brilliant red in autumn.
The twigs of the red maple are reddish
in color and somewhat shiny with small lenticels. Dwarf shoots are present
on many branches. The buds are usually blunt and greenish to reddish in
color, generally with several loose scales. The lateral buds are slightly
stalked, and in addition there may be collateral buds present as well.
The buds form in fall and winter and are often visible from a distance
due to their reddish tint. The leaf scars on the twig are V-shaped and
contain 3 bundle scars.
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