Autumn Blaze Maple Tree: Vibrant Red Fall Color, Fast Growing Shade Tree (Quart Pot)

Add spectacular seasonal color and classic landscape appeal to your garden with an Autumn Blaze Maple live plant in a quart pot. Autumn Blaze Maple is a popular maple hybrid valued for its vigorous growth, attractive foliage, and brilliant fall color.

Its combination of maple-like leaves, strong upright growth, and vivid autumn display makes it an excellent choice for lawns, larger landscapes, shade gardens, property borders, and specimen plantings.

🌳 Live Autumn Blaze Maple
🪴 Supplied in a quart pot
🍁 Brilliant autumn foliage
🌿 Attractive maple-shaped leaves
☀️ Great for sunny landscape locations
🏡 Excellent shade and specimen tree
🍂 Beautiful seasonal garden color

🌱 Why You'll Love This Tree

✔ Live Autumn Blaze Maple in a quart pot
✔ Beautiful red and orange fall color
✔ Vigorous-growing landscape tree
✔ Excellent shade tree for larger spaces
✔ Attractive spring and summer foliage
✔ Great specimen or lawn tree
✔ Adds strong seasonal interest
✔ Beautiful addition to residential landscapes

🌳 Plant Details
Common Name: Autumn Blaze Maple
Botanical Name: Acer × freemanii ‘Jeffersred’
Plant Type: Deciduous Shade Tree
Pot Size: Quart Pot
Foliage: Green During Growing Season
Fall Color: Red to Orange-Red
Light: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Growth Habit: Upright / Broad
Garden Use: Shade / Ornamental / Landscape Tree
🍁 Brilliant Fall Color

Autumn Blaze Maple is especially valued for its spectacular autumn foliage. As temperatures change in fall, the green leaves can develop vivid red, orange-red, and warm autumn tones.

Fall color intensity and timing naturally vary depending on climate, weather, sunlight, temperature, soil conditions, and plant health.

🌱 Growing & Care Instructions
1. Choose the Right Location

Select a location with full sun to partial shade and enough room for the tree to develop as it matures.

2. Prepare the Soil

Plant in well-draining soil. Loosen the planting area thoroughly and amend the soil only as appropriate for your local soil conditions.

3. Planting

Dig a hole approximately twice as wide as the root system. Carefully remove the tree from the quart pot and place it at the appropriate planting depth.

4. Water Thoroughly

Water deeply after planting. Keep the soil consistently moist while the young tree establishes its root system.

5. Mulch

Apply a layer of organic mulch around the root zone to help conserve moisture and regulate soil temperature. Keep mulch away from direct contact with the trunk.

6. Fertilizing

Young trees generally benefit from healthy soil and appropriate nutrition. Fertilize only when needed based on soil conditions and local recommendations.

7. Pruning

Allow the tree to establish before performing significant pruning. Remove damaged, dead, or crossing branches as appropriate to encourage a strong structure.

🏡 Perfect For
Large lawns
Backyard landscapes
Shade gardens
Property borders
Driveway plantings
Large garden spaces
Residential landscapes
Specimen tree plantings
Parks and open landscapes

🌳 Landscape Uses

Autumn Blaze Maple can be used as a beautiful focal tree or planted strategically to provide shade and seasonal interest.

It works especially well as:

Lawn tree
Shade tree
Specimen tree
Property-line planting
Driveway accent
Backyard shade tree
Autumn landscape feature

Give the tree adequate room for future growth when selecting its permanent planting location.

🍂 Four-Season Garden Interest

Although best known for its fall color, Autumn Blaze Maple can provide landscape interest throughout the growing season.

🌱 Spring: Fresh foliage and new growth
🌿 Summer: Green leafy canopy and shade
🍁 Fall: Vibrant red and orange-red foliage
🌳 Winter: Attractive branching structure after leaf drop

📦 Live Plant Shipping Notice

This listing is for one live Autumn Blaze Maple shipped in a quart pot, not seeds or bare-root stock.

Plants may experience temporary stress, leaf drooping, or minor changes in appearance during shipping. This can be a normal response to transit and environmental changes.

Plant size, height, foliage, and seasonal appearance may vary depending on the time of year and growing conditions.