Trees with Don Leopold - red maple

[@arboristBlairGlenn]

Thanks for this series

[@natee2169]

A surgar maple can live to be 400!? Wow!

[@railfanjeff9520]

Hi Don, I really like the Maple species. I plan on planting a Maple tree along my street, which has a 6' x 10' area. I really like the Sugar Maple, but you indicated it does not do well in trafffic/salty situations. Can I use the Red Maple instead, or would you recommend something else. We had a Norway Maple which died, so I am looking for a replacement. In fact, most of the Norway's along our street are infected with some kind of fungus. Thanks for your useful information.

[@SonOfAGun1814]

can a red maple be successfully grown in phoenix, az zone 9b or is it way too hot here?

[@oscarflip8561]

It probably won’t do to hot 😂😂😂. It can grow in zone 9, but you’d probably be better off planting a maple native to AZ like acer Grandidentatum the big tooth maple, that is used to less rain and higher UV intensity, which also gets some really great red/orange fall color. (Sorry for responding 4+years too late 😂)

[@SonOfAGun1814]

@@oscarflip8561 haha it's ok i now know maples don't belong in phoenix