RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 <em>Acer Rubrum</em> Cultivars for the South
JF Arboriculture &amp; Urban Forestry (AUF)
JO JOA
FD International Society of Arboriculture
SP 25
OP 29
DO 10.48044/jauf.1990.009
VO 16
IS 2
A1 Donna C. Fare
A1 Charles H. Gilliam
A1 Harry G. Ponder
YR 1990
UL http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/16/2/25.abstract
AB Nine budded Acer rubrum cultivars were evaluated from 1980-1988 for fall color, growth rate and bud union incompatibility. Fall foliar coloration was consistent with ‘Autumn Flame’, ‘Tilford’, ‘Gerling’, and ‘Bowhall’, but not with ‘Red Sunset’. With the exception of ‘Red Sunset’, bud union incompatibility has occurred with all cultivars, especially ‘Bowhall’, ‘Scarlet Sentinel’, and ‘Schlesingeri’. Annual height growth of these cultivars averaged 50-69 cm, with the exception of ‘Autumn Flame’ which averaged 40-45 cm a year. ‘Armstrong’, a fastigiate form, grew 60-65 cm annually. Two seedling selections, from south Alabama and Tennessee, were compared with the cultivars. Height and caliper growth of the seedlings were similar to most cultivars.