The Green Mountain Maple is an upright, oval variety of Sugar Maple which has shown better heat tolerance. The summer foliage is a leathery, dark green with an excellent orange-red color in the fall.
One of the best sugar maples, dense foliage is resistant to wind damage, spectacular fall colors; an ideal shade tree for the home landscape; adaptable to soils, but dislikes air pollution and compaction
If Connecticut had an official tree of fall, it would be the Sugar Maple — and honestly, it probably should be. No other tree in New England delivers fall foliage the way this one does: bold, blazing,…
