Flowers and fruit for this hybrid are very sparse. Tolerance: Red maple is known for its adaptability to a wide range of soil conditions. Autumn Blaze maple leaves have five lobes, but they are narrower and more elongated, resembling the silver maple parent. As the trade name suggests, the foliage turns into an autumn blaze of orange-red to scarlet-red fall color. Red maple leaves have three or five lobes with serrated edges, and they are typically broader and more rounded compared to Autumn Blaze. Each medium green leaf is deeply cut with five pointed lobes. This is an upright, fast-growing, deciduous tree that will typically grow 40-55’ tall with ascending branching and a dense, broad-oval crown. ‘Jeffersred’, sold under the trade name of AUTUMN BLAZE, is an older cultivar that was discovered by nurseryman Glenn Jeffers in the late 1960s. Specific epithet and common name honors Oliver Freeman who first grew A. Genus name is the Latin name for a maple tree.

It is sometimes difficult to identify a Freeman hybrid because of the complexity of crosses and backcrosses that may occur.Ĭultivars are sometimes listed for sale by nurseries under Acer rubrum instead of Acer × freemanii. Plant Patent PP04,864 issued July 6, 1982. Notwithstanding the foregoing, crosses between red and silver maples occur not only by controlled propagation but also naturally in the wild. As the trade name suggests, the foliage turns into an autumn blaze of orange-red to scarlet-red fall color. Edward Murray named this hybrid cross in 1969 in honor of Oliver M. Freeman of the National Arboretum made the first controlled crosses between red maple and silver maple in 1933. The Freeman maple cultivars commonly sold in commerce today reportedly combine some of the best features of both parents, namely, solid structure, attractive form and showy fall color (from red maple) and adaptability and rapid growth (from silver maple). Acer × freemanii, commonly called Freeman maple, is a hybrid of red maple ( A. As the trade name suggests, the foliage turns into an autumn blaze of orange-red to scarlet-red fall color.

Autumn blaze red maple