species
Acer davidii
Snake-bark maple
Photo: Abrahami · CC BY-SA 2.5 · via Wikimedia Commons
Acer davidii belongs to the family Sapindaceae, also known as Snake-bark maple, introduced to the UK. It reaches 10 m tall and 8 m across in about 10 years. It grows in full sun or part shade, on loam or clay soil, where the ground is acid or neutral and in moist or well drained conditions, and suits average positions. It flowers in May. Its RHS hardiness rating is H6 (hardy, very cold winter): −20 to −15°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 10 m tall × 8 m across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H6 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Full sun, Part shade
- Soil
- Loam, Clay
- Acidity
- Acid, Neutral
- Moisture
- Moist, Well drained
- Exposure
- Average
- In the UK
- Introduced
When it flowers
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
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