Botanical name: Acer plat. ‘Crimson King’
Common name: Crimson King, Norway Maple
Height & Spread: 20m x 15m
Where to plant: Full sun in well drained, moist soil.
Pruning: Before new growth appears.
Leaves: Deciduous
Irish weather hardiness: Fully
Acer ‘Crimson King’ is a fast growing tree that gives abundant crimson purple foliage right up to autumn before the leaves fall off.
While it is fast growing it can easily be kept at a certain size by simply pruning once a year in early spring before new growth starts.
It forms a perfectly round crown and can look quite well either planted on its own or along side Acer drumondii.
