It reaches 12-15 feet high at maturity. Also outstanding is a small maple native to the canyons of the Intermountain West. This tree grows to a height of 30 feet with a 20-foot spread. The leaves are 3-5 lobed, similar to the eastern sugar maple. Like its distant cousin, Wasatch maple bursts with fall color.
Leaves vary from yellow through orange to red.
A moderately slow grower, it peaks at 25 feet high and l5 feet wide. The plant's best features are the small, pinkish-white May flowers, red fruit in the fall, and glossy, deeply lobed leaves. You still have time to plant balled and burlapped or container-grown trees this season, if you act now. Look for some of these small trees at your local nursery or garden center. Photograph courtesy of Judy Sedbrook.