Sugar Maple (Hard Maple) vs Korean Maple - TreeTime.ca

Sugar Maple (Hard Maple) vs Korean Maple

Acer saccharum

Acer pseudosieboldianum

COMING SOON

(new stock expected: fall of 2025)

COMING SOON

(new stock expected: fall of 2025)

Sugar Maple (Hard Maple)
Korean Maple

Sugar Maple is a large, deciduous tree known for its brilliant fall yellow, orange, and red-orange color display.

This long-lived shade tree features unique "maple"
lobed leaves.

Note: this Zone 4 tree is unlikely to produce commercially viable sap on the prairies.

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.

Sugar Maple (Hard Maple) Quick Facts

Korean Maple Quick Facts

Zone: 4a
Zone: 4a
Height: 20 m (66 ft)
Height: 5 m (15 ft)
Spread: 11 m (35 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: normal, wet
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: medium
Life span: medium
Life span: long
Suckering: none
Suckering: none


Foliage: large, palmate
Fall colour: vibrant to deep red
Seeds: winged samara
Seeds: winged samaras
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Native to: ON, QC, NS, NB, PE
Other Names: hard maple, rock maple