Acer negundo 'Flamingo'
(Box Elder 'Flamingo')
Family - Sapindaceae
Category - Tree
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H6
Height - 6m or more
Width - 4m or more
Location - The Exotic Garden
Description: A small Deciduous tree that will develop a broad crown if left unpruned. Showy, pinnate leaves have ovate, sometimes lobed, leaflets with jagged, coarsely toothed margins. The leaflets emerge bright pink in spring and develop to mid-green with broad, irregular pink variegation around the margins that turns white in summer. Dioecious (male and female flowers are held on separate plants). Small, yellowish-green flowers are held in Corymbs and produced from early to mid-spring. The foliage turns yellow in autumn before falling.
This tree can be used as a cut-back plant (as it is in the Exotic Garden at Malverleys) to control the overall size and larger leaf size.
Flower:
Dioecious. This variety produces male flowers. The small flowers are yellowish-green and held in corymbs in March and April.
Flower colour: Yellow-green
Flower shape: Small flowers in corymbs
Flowering time: March, April
Foliage:
Pinnate leaves have ovate, sometimes lobed leaflets with jagged, Dentate margins. The new growth emerges bright pink in spring and develops to mid-green with broad, irregular pink variegation around the margins. The pink variegation turns white during the summer months. The leaves are held in opposite pairs on glaucous stems and turn yellow in autumn before falling.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Pinnate with ovate, lobed leaflets
Autumn Colour: Yellow
Propagation:
Cultivation:
Best in full sun to partial shade in fertile, moisture retentive soil that is well drained.
