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Acer negundo 'Auratum'
Golden Boxelder
Plant Type:
TREESAcer negundo ‘Auratum’ – The Golden Boxelder is a bright golden-foliaged tree with great merit. It maintains its bright yellow foliage, the color of which does not fade or burn in full sun, all the growing season long. The newest wood has a light bluish cast in the winter landscape. We cut this tree back every year or two. The multi-stemmed result makes a stunning filler “shrub”, backdrop foil for other deciduous and evergreen woodies and/or large growing grasses. It is underutilized and so useful! Established potted Golden Boxelder, cutting grown.
Interesting Notes:
Height:
30-50 ftCharacteristics and Attributes for Acer negundo 'Auratum'
Season of Interest (Foliage)
- Spring / Summer / into Autumn
Interesting Bark
- Textured
- Colored
Light
- Full Sun
Attributes
- Hedgerow
- Drought Tolerant
- Natural Garden
- Specimen
- Screen
- Shrub Border
- Hedge
Growth Rate in the Garden
- Rapid
Soil
- Average
- Adaptable
- Woodland
Origins
- North America
Propagated By
- Cutting Grown
Genus Overview: Acer
So many maples, so little time! There are an extraordinary number of very good species in Aceraceae, many of smaller stature that fit well in smaller landscapes and gardens of any size. Most have multi-season appeal and, indeed, these are the ones to which we at Quackin’ Grass Nursery gravitate. Most are content in fertile draining soils sited in full sun. Others are happier in the part sun conditions akin to the understory stature as suggested by their size. Through the years we have found that many maples when planted in the far northern end of the USDA hardiness range respond well to protection during at least their first winter - preferably more - in the landscape, i.e. use tall stakes set firmly in the ground with burlap attached completely barricading the tree. All of our maple offerings are cutting grown; these plants are not grafted.