This small tree of northeast Asia is pretty with several cultivars available. Some cultivars are large shrubs and some bear a bright red ...Read Morefall color while the mother species is usually bright yellow. It has been occasionally planted in the Chicago, IL, area since the 1970's. Most bigger nurseries sells some there, used more by landscape architects than the general public. Sometimes it is used as a sheared hedge. I have not seen it escape cultivation in Illinois so far, but I certainly can believe that it has escaped cultivation in WI & MN, that are more similar to its native Siberia and north China, so that it is another Asian invasive plant.
The Wisconsin and Minnesota DNR's consider this species invasive, and Connecticut has placed it on its list of potentially invasive plant...Read Mores. It has naturalized in 4 provinces and 15 northeastern and midwestern states.
Minneapolis, MN (Zone 4b) | December 2013 | neutral
We planted a hedge of Amur maple after seeing one with beautiful red fall colors. It's about thirty-five years old now. The individual ...Read Moretrees tend to lose large branches and leave gaps. The fall color is short-lived and quite variable from one tree to the next. When the weather is right, the hedge is spectacular, but most of the time it is just a fairly nice hedge. Now that Amur Maple is being considered an invasive plant in Minnesota, we'll probably start replacing it with something else.
we have four of these in our Denver tree-lawn and they are beautiful small trees, especially in fall; we prune ours up with a single trun...Read Morek and branches above head height; they have served well to punctuate our plantings along the street
however they have suffered numerous breaks from spring snows; ours are about 20 years old and i wonder if they normally decline after that — we've had four seasons of drought and a very hot summer, and despite regular watering ours show a lot of dead branches; they also sucker extensively so one needs to prune both the trunks and the lower branches diligently or you'll have a thicket
Saint Cloud, MN (Zone 4b) | November 2007 | negative
Loved this tree but is considered invasive. From the MN DNR...
"Ecological Threat:
It displaces native shrubs and understor...Read Morey trees in open woods, and shades out native grasses and herbaceous plants in savanna habitat.
A prolific seed producer, Amur maple is becoming invasive in the northern U.S. Extensive wild populations have been found in Illinois and Missouri. It resprouts easily from the cut stump.
Amur maple is a native of central and northern China, Manchuria and Japan, it was introduced to North America in the 1860s. It is still being frequently sold commercially as an ornamental, and for wildlife and shelterbelt plantings."
Beautiful fire red/orange/burgundy fall color, great small to medium sized clumping tree. Grows and reseeds in many different growing con...Read Moreditions.
Not recommended near native or naturalized areas. Is being watched in Minnesota and other states as being potentially invasive. Seedlings have been reported showing up in private restored prairie plantings.
Thrives in the pollution and compacted soil of midwest city conditions. Weigh the potential risks before planting in rural areas.
This small tree of northeast Asia is pretty with several cultivars available. Some cultivars are large shrubs and some bear a bright red ...Read More
The Wisconsin and Minnesota DNR's consider this species invasive, and Connecticut has placed it on its list of potentially invasive plant...Read More
We planted a hedge of Amur maple after seeing one with beautiful red fall colors. It's about thirty-five years old now. The individual ...Read More
we have four of these in our Denver tree-lawn and they are beautiful small trees, especially in fall; we prune ours up with a single trun...Read More
Loved this tree but is considered invasive. From the MN DNR...
"Ecological Threat:
It displaces native shrubs and understor...Read More
Reaches a height of 15 - 20 ft at maturity. Very hardy for Oklahoma landscapes.
Beautiful fire red/orange/burgundy fall color, great small to medium sized clumping tree. Grows and reseeds in many different growing con...Read More