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:
Bloom Time: Spring
Foliage Colour: Green, Golden, Good Fall Colour
Class: Deciduous
Type: Shrub
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: Garden Origin
