Vine Maple
Acer circinatum
A sprawling, multi-stemmed understory maple with delicate red-and-white spring flowers and brilliant scarlet fall color. Sculptural and graceful in woodland shade.
- Family
- Sapindaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 20–20 ft
- Spacing
- 10–20 ft apart
- Light
- part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- white, red, green, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~297 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- CA, OR, WA
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