Acer platanoides ‘Columnare’

Acer platanoides ‘Columnare’ has a slender growth habit with a robust and uniform branch structure. Its sizable, deeply-lobed leaves are a rich green color and shift to a striking yellow or orange hue during fall. Acer platanoides ‘Columnare’ has a shallow root system that may cause upheaval in sidewalks and driveways, but it can endure air pollution and is simple to relocate. It thrives in moist and well-drained soil, though it can also adapt to dry sites that encounter occasional drought and wet areas that experience sporadic flooding. Acer platanoides is deciduous and native to eastern and central Europe and western Asia. Acer platanoides ‘Columnare’ was raised in 1855 at the nursery of Simon-Louis at Plantières near Metz, France and became available commercially from 1878 to 1879.