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Red Maple 'Red Sunset' (Acer rubrum 'Red Sunset'): Early, Intense Red Fall Color

Red Maple Red Sunset

Overview

'Red Sunset' is a rounded to open-crown cultivar (over 30 feet tall, 15–30 feet wide) selected for early, brilliant red fall coloring—earlier than the species. A reliable, widely planted street and shade tree.

Cultivation

Fertile, moist, well-drained soil in full sun. Low maintenance. Good for roadside and screening.

Other: Red Acer (Maple) Larvae Infestation: Atomic Grow Foliar Cleanup and Systemic Healing; Borer Damage on Young Red Maple: Merit Treatment; Cutleaf Japanese Maple 'Red Dragon': Deep Purple-Red Weeping Laceleaf, Color Retention; Japanese Maple 'Ever Red': Reliable Red Weeper; Red Maple (Acer rubrum): Ubiquitous Native with Scarlet Spring and Fall; Japanese Maple 'Oshu Shidare' (Acer palmatum 'Oshu Shidare'): Pendulous Branches with Red-to-Green Foliage; Red Maple (Acer rubrum): Native Eastern Tree with Brilliant Red Autumn Color; Three-Flower Maple (Acer triflorum): Peeling Bark and Brilliant Orange-Red Fall Color; Red Epimedium (Epimedium × rubrum): Fast-Spreading Groundcover with Colorful Foliage; Rubrum Lily (Lilium speciosum var. rubrum): Japanese Show Lily

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