Drummond Norway Maple
Growth Facts
- Hardiness Zone: 4-8
- Spacing: 25-35'
- Exposure: Sun/Light Shade
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Drummond Norway Maple will brighten your landscape with a canopy full of lemon-yellow flowers in spring and variegated foliage all season. This sturdy, easy-to-grow shade tree boasts colorful Maple leaves with creamy yellow to white margins that pop against their green centers. Plant this flashy tree mid-lawn or near the street to bring some pizzazz to your front-yard landscaping, or use it as a pretty shademaker around back to cool the barbeque area, deck, or patio. With a cold drink in one hand and a bratwurst in the other, you'll admire your fine choice - which will only grow more impressive each year!
Growth Facts
- Hardiness Zone: 4-8
- Spacing: 25-35'
- Exposure: Sun/Light Shade
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The Story
Norway Maple is a native of Scandinavian forests, but it also has a vast range extending into a few dozen other countries, including France, Greece, Poland, Russia, and Iran. Consequently, this species has been grown in gardens for ages. Having been introduced around 1903, the “Harlequin” Norway Maple is a relative newbie! First to offer it was the nursery of Drummond and Sons in Stirling, Scotland. The Drummond family was in the nursery business from around 1800 until 1981. In days past, they were known for their breeding work with turnips.
The Details
Also known as Harlequin Maple, this variegated Maple is quite an eye-catcher! Yellow flower clusters appear in spring before the leaves. Dark green leaves have creamy white edges and turn yellow in fall. Drummond Norway Maple is a great choice for a shade tree in your yard or in open public spaces.
How to Grow
Like other Norway Maples, Drummond is an iron-clad tree. It isn’t fast growing, but nothing—except for too-wet soil or the hot, humid climate of the Deep South—will keep it from chugging along. Its seeds are sterile, so it won’t overstep its bounds with unwanted seedlings. A couple of tips, though, when growing this tree: Don’t try to grow much in its rootzone—this is a surface-rooting tree. And monitor your tree for all-green leaves, and prune those branches out. You don’t want to lose that snazzy variegation.
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Size Guide
Scale
Size B
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Size B Trees:
8-10' tall when delivered with well formed branch structure. Grown in our #15 tree container.
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