species
Acer negundo
Box elder
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
Acer negundo belongs to the family Sapindaceae, also known as Box elder, introduced to the UK. It reaches 12 m tall and 10 m across in about 10 years. It grows in full sun, on loam, clay or sand soil, where the ground is acid, neutral or alkaline and in well drained or moist conditions, and suits average or exposed positions. It flowers in April. 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
- 12 m tall × 10 m across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H6 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Full sun
- Soil
- Loam, Clay, Sand
- Acidity
- Acid, Neutral, Alkaline
- Moisture
- Well drained, Moist
- Exposure
- Average, Exposed
- In the UK
- Introduced
When it flowers
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
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