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Inherited two mature silver maple trees when we bought the house. I want to cut them down and make more room for more productive gardenin...Read More
Within the Conemaugh River flood control project in Western PA, the Silver Maple grows in large stands across hundreds of acres. In areas...Read More
When this very common and widespread species of eastern North America is in the wild in bottomlands, it is a fine tree. However, it is no...Read More
Trash trees, almost as bad as bradford pears. They are fast growing, but invasive and messy, weak limbs and trunks, also easily suscepti...Read More
There's a group of hybrid cultivars that combine the fast growth and adaptability of the silver maple with the splendid red fall color, b...Read More
Midwestern cities should ban the use of these trees and fine anyone who plants them. They are junk trees. In the wild, they grow in flo...Read More
I have 2 of these tree's in my backyard, each about as old as the house (aprox. 50 years), so they are about 70-80 feet tall. All of thes...Read More
Regarding the silver-leaf maple in Southwestern Wyoming, I see a lot of them around towns as well as on ranches and in rural yards. I al...Read More
If you want a garden that grows anything other than Silver Maples, I cannot stress enough--NEVER PLANT THIS TREE! My neighbor has 2 of t...Read More
I have lived in my home for almost 30 years now, there were 2 of these trees in my front yard and one large one in my neighbor's yard, ma...Read More
We have an enormous spreading specimen on our small city lot. It shades most of the yard, so we can't grow sun-loving plants in most of t...Read More
We would like to use this photo of the silver maple seed in a USAD NRCS publication--Plant guide.
Would Jeff Beck give us ...Read More
We inherited a 40-foot specimen of this tree in our backyard. The first year I noticed it was loaded with dead branches and the central l...Read More
BAD! Anytime you try to plant anything you end up having to chop through the fine cobweb of surface roots. The main roots lift up not onl...Read More
Silver maples are highly variable and seem to perform differently in different areas of the country. Here in Maryland they become long-li...Read More
I'm surprised at the many negative comments. Our small backyard has an approx. 25 year old Silver Maple that has been an attractive and ...Read More
We have 4 100 ft. silver maples in our yard, 2 in front, 2 in back, they are a major cleanup chore year round, getting on my neighbors la...Read More
This tree is a fast-growing, invasive weed with brittle wood that's prone to breakage in ice storms and high winds. It can grow 6+ feet p...Read More
I'm sort of surprised to hear so many negative comments about this tree. I suppose they're true, but they don't apply in my area. For exa...Read More
Bought a house last year with a Silver Maple in the back yard. It's probably 8 or 10 feet from the house (not far enough). In a storm du...Read More
I have two silver maples in my yard, and there is one across the street. I have no idea how old they are, but the one across the street ...Read More
Tempting to give a negative rating, but it has its place, along the banks of the Sangamon River near where i grew up (west side of Decatu...Read More
Bad Bad Tree. My neighborhood is covered with them! I had 2 in the back yard when I bought my house. One I had cut down, and the...Read More
I noticed that a lot of writer tend to complain about its mess. This tree is fairly less messy compare to ash and burr oaks. Burr oaks ar...Read More
I am yet another person who inherited this type of maple when we purchased our home. The previous owner planted TONS of these in the bac...Read More
I have to agree with all the negative posters here. The original owner of my land planted them along the road. Now I have to spend time p...Read More
Thank goodness this tree finally started showing signs of dying, as I couldn't bring myself to cut down a well shaped, healthy shade tree...Read More
This tree grows well, fast and huge! It's messy and all kinds of branches fall even in the lightest wind. The seeds are so prolific and...Read More
I grew up playing under a Silver Maple in Northern VA, which has a 5-6 foot wide trunk and a broad gnarly canopy that shades our patio. (...Read More
We have three silver maples planted around our patio, 2 to the east and one to the south. We planted them with the idea of having a tree ...Read More
There are many silver maples planted in my area. They all survived the recent hurricanes. I would heed the recommendations to keep them a...Read More
I agree with most of those above that the Silver Maple is a messy tree that procreates with abandon. On the other hand, it gives quick sh...Read More
When my wife and I bought our house, we inherited the Silverleaf Maple tree in the front yard.
According to the previous o...Read More
I personally love large trees. I've seen a couple of Silver Maple specimens about 100 feet tall and almost 3 feet wide. I find the deep-n...Read More
We bought a house in Redwood City, CA partly because of the beautiful tree in the front. The trunk is nearly 2 feet in diameter. We later...Read More
I planted a Silver Maple because I was told they were fast growers. That may be true, but I later read in a garden book that Silver Mapl...Read More
I guess even weeds have their uses (most Maples are weeds) and they may serve a purpose (ground cover, pollution abatement, etc.)
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I have a different viewpoint on the silver leaf maple. When my hubby and I moved in our home (a mobile home at the time) we needed shade ...Read More
This is probably the messiest maple. I also inherited 2 with my home purchase. One (dead center in the backyard) I had removed as my fir...Read More
The previous owners of our home planted four Acer saccharinum near our home. They are fast-growing (translate: weak-wooded) tree...Read More