Hard (Sugar) Maple (1+0)
Availability
Availability is based on anticipated survival and growth, actual availability may change due to variations in stock development during the growing season.
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Warranty
We warranty our seedlings, trees and shrubs to be true to name and to be healthy at the time of pickup or shipping. Concerns must be expressed at the time of receipt. Our total liability is limited to the purchase price of the seedlings only.
| Attributes | |
| Age | 1+0 |
| Size | 16cm+ |
Sugar Maple
Acer saccharum
30 metres (100 feet)
100+ years
Bareroot Seedlings
Age: 1+0
Size: 15+ cm
Appearance: Deep yellow-green lobed leaves, broad-spreading open grown form. Smooth, young bark; dark, irregularly-ridged mature bark. Brilliant autumn colour; Canada’s National tree.
Site and soils: Best on deep, fertile, well-drained to moist loams. Tolerates shade when young. Responds well to thinning.
Rural plantings: Reforestation, maple sugar orchards. Grows well with white pine, hemlock and other broadleaf trees.
Urban settings: Sensitive to salt and air pollutants; hot, dry conditions and compacted soils.
Native to: Central and southern Ontario
All our plants are grown from local seed sources on our nursery in Kemptville.
Bareroot seedling stock ranges in size from 15cm to 1m in height, stock may be sorted and sold by size depending on species and stock development. The minimum grading size is identified in the description.
We do on occasion purchase seed from other areas for purpose grown trees such as Balsam and Fraser Fir for Christmas trees where no local seed sources are available.
Our plants are suitable and hardy for planting in areas throughout Eastern and Central Ontario from Toronto or North Bay eastward as well as southwestern Quebec. Our plants are hardy for other locations but optimal growth may not be met, for advice on moving stock to other locations please contact the nursery office.