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Acer negundo
'Flamingo'
Flamingo Box Elder, Manitoba Maple
Origin: Horticulture origin.
| Family |
| Sapindaceae (Aceraceae) |
| Genus |
| Acer |
| Species |
| negundo |
| Cultivar |
| 'Flamingo' |
| Category |
| Woody |
| Type |
| Tree (deciduous) |
| Pronunciation |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 3-8 |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| 5-8 |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H7 - H4 |
| Temperature (°C) |
| -4- 40 |
| Temperature (°F) |
| 30 - 100 |
| Height |
| 15 m |
| Spread |
| 9 m |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| Landscape |
| More of an oddity than a valuable landscape specimen it becomes ungainly and unkempt towards maturity and thus id best pruned regularly to flush desirable foliage for a show. Towards the end of each growing season the foliage as in most negundo cultivars becomes gall infested and thus actually detracts from the garden. |
| Cultivation |
| Suitable for partial shade to full sun it is drought tolerant and generally tolerant of poor soils. It tolerates severs cold thus making it a 'suitable' landscape specimen for the more northerly ranges. |
| Shape |
| Vertical, tall with a wide canopy. |
| Growth |
| Fast |
| ID Characteristic |
| Light green foliage, tinged pink in the spring and compound leaves growing in dense arrangements. |
| Pests |
| Leaf stalk borer, petiole borer, gall mites, crimson ereneum mite, aphids and box elder bug are all common problems of the species and cultivar. |
| Habitat |
| Horticultural origin. |
| Bark/Stem Description |
| Olive green on young branches initially covered by a white bloom. Mature branches turn grey-beige, with the trunk turning beige with medium furrows. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description |
| Buds are about 5 mm long, two scaled and covered with silky hairs. |
| Leaf Description |
| Rich, almost shiny, light to medium green with white margins and a pink tinge in the spring, leaves are compound often with 7-9 leaflets to a leaf, to 15 cm in length. |
| Flower Description |
| White flower in the spring that is inconspicuous and not at all showy. |
| Fruit Description |
| Seeds held in large drooping clusters, often persisting into the winter months. |
| Notable Specimens |
| The University of British Columbia Botanical Gardens, Vancouver, British Columbia. |
| Propagation |
| Root hardwood cuttings under mist and bottom heat or bud on A. negundo rootstock. |
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