Acer x conspicuum ‘Phoenix’

 

This magnificent tree is a hybrid snakebark maple with coral-red to red winter bark with silvery striations. The bark colours up earlier, takes on deeper colours, and maintains colour longer into the spring than the coralbark maple ‘Sango Kaku’. Through late spring and summer the bark takes on tones of apricot and yellow again with the silvery striations. Large green leaves turn golden yellow in fall.

Common Name:  Red Snakebark Maple

Family:  Aceraceae (The Maple Family)

Zone Hardiness:  6-8

Light:  Full Sun Part Sun Part Shade

Height:  10-15'

Width:  8-10'

Primary Bloom Colour:  Green

Secondary Bloom Colour:  

Class:  Deciduous

Type:  Shrub

Bloom Time:  Spring

Soil Moisture:  Average, Moist

Stem Colour:  Red

Fragrance:  No

Berries:  

Benefits:  

Deer Resistant:  Unknown

BC Native:  No

Native Habitat:  Woods and thickets in a wide range of soils and exposures in lowland and mountains to 3000 metres.

Award:  AGM

Geographical Origin: