| Description | Amur Maple (Acer ginnila) is grown as a small tree or large shrub. Depending on the cultivar, it can have outstanding fall color. |
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| Plant Type | Trees Deciduous, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | 3-7 |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sunny |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | adaptable to wide range of soil types and ph |
| Flowers | somewhat ornamental, yellowish white, fragrant and appear in April and May. |
| Fruit | double winged fruit called a samara. I have seen the samara's color as a dried out brown to red as in the variety "Flame". The red seeded plants are easy to pick out in the fall. |
| Leaves | open having a bronze tinge and than change to green, fall color can variable, nicer trees have shades of yellow to red to brilliant reds and yellows |
| Dimensions | 15'-18' tall |
| Maintenance | Can be grown as a single stem or multi-stemmed plant. |
| Propagation | cold stratification of seeds, cuttings |
| Native Site | Native to China, Manchuria and Japan. |
| Cultivar Origin | Introduced into cultivation in 1860. |
| Author's Notes | I have grown this plant from seeds collected in the fall and than planted outdoors in nursery beds. The seedlings have shown a wide variety of fall color. I have used this many times on landscape jobs, because it is a nice small tree. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #03-The Hillier Manual of Trees and Shrubs (Hillier Nursery) |
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