Norway Maple vs Korean Maple - TreeTime.ca

Norway Maple vs Korean Maple

Acer platanoides

Acer pseudosieboldianum

CUSTOM GROW

COMING SOON

(new stock expected: fall of 2025)

Norway Maple
Korean Maple

Norway Maple is a tolerant and adaptable shade tree. This is probably why it is the most popularly planted boulevard tree in North America.

Note: Norway Maple will sucker with age. It's also not a good idea to plant it under power lines.

The Korean Maple is an ideal accent tree, and is similar in size and shape to the Japanese Maple, but much hardier. The leaves have long, finger-like lobes that turn striking shades of yellow, orange and red in autumn.

It is recommended that pruning be done during the summer after the leaves have fully developed to ensure sap does not "bleed" down the tree.

Norway Maple Quick Facts

Korean Maple Quick Facts

Zone: 3a
Zone: 4a
Height: 25 m (82 ft)
Height: 5 m (15 ft)
Spread: 12 m (39 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Light: full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: normal
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: medium
Life span: long
Life span: long
Suckering: none
Suckering: none


Foliage: large, palmate
Fall colour: golden yellow
Fall colour: vibrant to deep red
Seeds: located within the winged samaras
Seeds: winged samaras
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no