Needs watering every week or two during hot, dry weather. New trees can be started from seeds, cuttings and grafts. Avoid unless you can maintain a moist soil. Most plantings can be damaged by caterpillars that feed in the tips of new shoots and borers in the ends of the branches. Pests seldom cause major decline.
Red maples are good shade trees for moist soils.
Use as backdrops for gardens and as street trees. The trees have yellow to orange leaves during November and December.