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Three-Flower Maple (Acer triflorum): Peeling Bark and Brilliant Orange-Red Fall Color

Three-Flower Maple

Overview

Three-flower maple is a broadly columnar to spreading tree (15–30 feet) with peeling brown bark, three-palmate mid-green leaves, and brilliant orange-red fall foliage. Small yellow-green flowers in early spring.

Cultivation

Fertile, moist, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Low maintenance.

Landscape Uses

Specimen tree for shade gardens. The peeling bark and fall color provide multi-season interest.

Other: Propagating a Japanese Maple from a Memorial Planting; Weeping Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum dissectum): A Dwarf Laceleaf Maple; Paperbark Maple (Acer griseum): Four-Season Tree with Peeling Cinnamon Bark; Full-Moon Maple 'Aconitifolium' (Acer japonicum 'Aconitifolium'): Ferny Foliage and Crimson Autumn Color; Japanese Maple 'Emperor I' (Acer palmatum 'Wolff'): Superior Burgundy Foliage and Late Frost Resistance; Red Maple (Acer rubrum): Native Eastern Tree with Brilliant Red Autumn Color; Red Maple 'Red Sunset' (Acer rubrum 'Red Sunset'): Early, Intense Red Fall Color; Florida Maple 'Caddo' (Acer saccharum 'Caddo'): Heat and Drought Tolerant Sugar Maple Selection; Golden Full Moon Maple (Acer shirasawanum 'Aureum'): Luminous Chartreuse Foliage for Shade Gardens; Maples (Acer): From Patio Specimens to Majestic Shade Trees

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