Acer rubrum ‘October Glory’®

October Glory® Red Maple

Boething Treeland Farms grows over 1,000 varieties of trees, shrubs, perennials and specialty plants on 10 California nurseries to serve the wholesale landscape and nursery industries throughout the Western United States and beyond.

Plant Type: Trees

Evergreen-Deciduous: Deciduous

Overall Mature Size: Large

Also Grown As: Standard Tree

Mature Height & Spread: 40-50 x 30-40'

Natural Growth Habit: Oval, Rounded, Upright

Native To: Cultivar, North America

Exposure: Full Sun

Water: High Water, Medium Water

Flower Color: Red

Bloom Time: Spring

Special Features: Attracts Birds/Butterflies/Bees / Cold Hardy / Fall Color / Fire Resistant/Retardant / Intermountain Conditions / Screen

Container Sizes: #15, #25, 36" Box

Sunset Garden Zones: 1-9, 14-17

USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-9

A Bit More

Acer rubrum ‘October Glory’ is a fast-growing, shade tree cultivar of the native red maple and known for its consistent, late-season, brilliant crimson fall color. Fall color lasts longer into the fall than most other red maple cultivars. Tolerant of a wide range of soils including clay, loam, and sand, but prefers moist, slightly acidic, well-drained conditions. More heat tolerant than the Red Sunset cultivar. Excurrent habit when young, decurrent with age. Female cultivar. Urban pollution tolerant.

 

 

 

A Bit More

Acer rubrum ‘October Glory’ is a fast-growing, shade tree cultivar of the native red maple and known for its consistent, late-season, brilliant crimson fall color. Fall color lasts longer into the fall than most other red maple cultivars. Tolerant of a wide range of soils including clay, loam, and sand, but prefers moist, slightly acidic, well-drained conditions. More heat tolerant than the Red Sunset cultivar. Excurrent habit when young, decurrent with age. Female cultivar. Urban pollution tolerant.