Flamingo Boxelder Maple
Acer negundo 'Flamingo'
Strong pink overtones to attractive cream and green variegated foliage will brighten your early spring landscape. Golden fall color. This deciduous tree is perfect for small spaces!
| Botanical Pronunciation: | Ay-ser ne-GOON-do |
| Key feature: | Year-round Interest |
| Plant type: | Tree |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Deciduous |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 5 - 8 |
| Light needs: | Partial to full sun |
| Sunset climate zones: | 1 - 10, 12 - 24, 29 - 45 |
| Water Needs: | Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat. |
| Average landscape size: | Fast grower to 30 to 35 ft. tall and wide. |
| Growth rate: | Fast |
| Special features: | Attracts Birds, Dramatic Foliage Color, Fall Color, North American Native Selection, Year-round Interest |
| Landscape uses: | Firescaping/Fire Wise, Very Wet Areas, Woodland Garden |
| Blooms: | Inconspicuous |
| Foliage color: | Variegated |
| Item no.: | 0055 |
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Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Watering can be reduced after establishment. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. Pruning time: winter.
Design Ideas
With its variable shape and coarse texture, the Flamingo Box Elder is a prime candidate for the mixed deciduous-shrub border and for the woods' edge. Place at the corner of a monochrome building to soften edges and add interest.
Companion Plants
To complement the emerging pink spring leaves of Flamingo Box Elder--leaves that mature to a variegated green and white in summer--try the rich blue hues of Hoop's Blue Spruce (Picea pungens 'Hoopsii'). Underplant with the blue-green grassy clumps of Blue Fescue (Festuca ovina 'Glauca') and a grassy Daylily like Happy Returns (Hemerocallis hybrids 'Happy Returns'). Mix with other shrubs that have red or pink young leaves, such as Fraser's Photinia (Photinia x fraseri) and Forest Flame Pieris (Pieris x 'Forest Flame').
History
This uniquely colored maple is among the 200 species, all from northern temperate regions around the world. The species was introduced in 1688 and classified by Augustin de Candolle, the noted Swiss botanist, then verified by Nuttal. This tree is found in virtually all parts of North America from Canada to Guatemala with a wide range of natural variations.
Lore
This tree is known as box elder because its whitish wood resembles that of European boxwood.
Strong pink overtones to attractive cream and green variegated foliage will brighten your early spring landscape. Golden fall color. This deciduous tree is perfect for small spaces!
Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Watering can be reduced after establishment. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. Pruning time: winter.
Design Ideas
With its variable shape and coarse texture, the Flamingo Box Elder is a prime candidate for the mixed deciduous-shrub border and for the woods' edge. Place at the corner of a monochrome building to soften edges and add interest.
Companion Plants
To complement the emerging pink spring leaves of Flamingo Box Elder--leaves that mature to a variegated green and white in summer--try the rich blue hues of Hoop's Blue Spruce (Picea pungens 'Hoopsii'). Underplant with the blue-green grassy clumps of Blue Fescue (Festuca ovina 'Glauca') and a grassy Daylily like Happy Returns (Hemerocallis hybrids 'Happy Returns'). Mix with other shrubs that have red or pink young leaves, such as Fraser's Photinia (Photinia x fraseri) and Forest Flame Pieris (Pieris x 'Forest Flame').
History
This uniquely colored maple is among the 200 species, all from northern temperate regions around the world. The species was introduced in 1688 and classified by Augustin de Candolle, the noted Swiss botanist, then verified by Nuttal. This tree is found in virtually all parts of North America from Canada to Guatemala with a wide range of natural variations.
Lore
This tree is known as box elder because its whitish wood resembles that of European boxwood.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | Ay-ser ne-GOON-do |
| Key feature: | Year-round Interest |
| Plant type: | Tree |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Deciduous |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 5 - 8 |
| Light needs: | Partial to full sun |
| Sunset climate zones: | 1 - 10, 12 - 24, 29 - 45 |
| Water Needs: | Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat. |
| Average landscape size: | Fast grower to 30 to 35 ft. tall and wide. |
| Growth rate: | Fast |
| Special features: | Attracts Birds, Dramatic Foliage Color, Fall Color, North American Native Selection, Year-round Interest |
| Landscape uses: | Firescaping/Fire Wise, Very Wet Areas, Woodland Garden |
| Blooms: | Inconspicuous |
| Foliage color: | Variegated |
| Item no.: | 0055 |
