Acer negundo 'Variegatum'
(Variegated Box Elder)
Family - Sapindaceae
Category - Tree
Origin - Discovered in Toulouse, France
Year of Introduction - 1845
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer
Hardiness - H6
Height - up to 9m
Location - The Pond Garden
Description: Medium-sized Deciduous tree with a broad crown. Attractive, pinnate leaves with ovate leaflets are variegated, pale green with broad, creamy white margins. Leaflets are serrated at the margins. Small, greenish-yellow female flowers are produced in pendent Racemes from early to mid spring and are followed by samaras with variegated wings. A. negundo 'Variegatum' can be used as a cut-back plant to control overall size and maintain larger leaf size.
Synonym - Acer negundo 'Argenteovariegatum'
Flower:
This variety only produces greenish-yellow female flowers in pendent racemes in March to April. Flowers are followed by prolific samaras with variegated wings.
Flower colour: Green
Flower shape: Racemes
Flowering time: March, April
Foliage:
Pinnate leaves with ovate leaflets serrated at the margins. Leaflets are pale green with broad, white margins. The leaves are held in opposite pairs on the branches. The foliage turns yellow in autumn.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Pinnate with ovate leaflets
Autumn Colour: Yellow
Propagation:
Grafting.
Cultivation:
Best in partial shade in fertile, moisture retentive, but well drained soil.