Acer x freemanii ‘Jeffersred’ (Freeman’s maple – AUTUMN BLAZE®) PP4,864, leaves, fall color
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2005 – 2012
Acer x freemanii ‘Jeffersred’ (Freeman’s maple – AUTUMN BLAZE®) PP4,864, hybrid of red maple (A. rubrum) and silver maple (A. saccharinum), Freeman maple cultivars combine some of the best features of both parents namely solid structure and attractive form and showy fall color (from red maple) and adaptability and rapid growth (from silver maple), crosses between red and silver maples occur also naturally in the wild,
‘Jeffersred’ is a cultivar sold under the trade name of AUTUMN BLAZE, upright, fast-growing, deciduous tree that will typically grow 40-55’ tall with ascending branching and a dense broad-oval crown, leaves are medium green deeply cut with five pointed lobes, as the trade name suggests the foliage turns into an autumn blaze of orange-red to scarlet-red in the fall, flowers and fruit for this hybrid are very sparse
‘Jeffersred’ is a cultivar sold under the trade name of AUTUMN BLAZE, upright, fast-growing, deciduous tree that will typically grow 40-55’ tall with ascending branching and a dense broad-oval crown, leaves are medium green deeply cut with five pointed lobes, as the trade name suggests the foliage turns into an autumn blaze of orange-red to scarlet-red in the fall, flowers and fruit for this hybrid are very sparse
