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Needs cool winters and moist soil. Does not like heat or compacted urban soil.
GROW SOMETHING WONDERFUL
Sugar Maple Seeds In A Cup® Grow Kit
Acer saccharum
From the first seed to the next new leaf. Explore your plant’s growing conditions, seasonal rhythm, and everyday care.
THE PLANT NOTEBOOK
Sugar Maple care, from seed onward.
- Botanical name
- Acer saccharum
- Common names
- Rock Maple, Hard Maple
- Family
- Sapindaceae
- Genus
- Acer
- Species
- A. saccharum
Growing with your kit
The Seeds In A Cup® kit shows how the 'paired' maple seeds use their wings to spin like helicopters.
Propagation
By seed (requires long cold period).
Seasonal growth & harvest
Primary source of maple syrup. Slow-growing and long-lived (up to 400 years).
Growing conditions
Cool, moist upland forests with rich soil.
Weather & tolerances
High shade tolerance; very low salt and heat tolerance.
Pests & plant health
Asian longhorned beetle and Verticillium wilt.
Plant safety
Safe; sap is the basis of a global food industry.
Botanical features
A large deciduous tree with five-lobed leaves (the iconic Canadian leaf shape). Famous for brilliant multicolored fall foliage.
Varieties
‘Legacy’, ‘Green Mountain’.
Garden & everyday uses
Maple syrup/sugar production. wood used for basketball courts and bowling alleys due to its hardness
Native range & distribution
Northeastern North America.
Conservation
Threatened by climate change in the southern parts of its range.
Name origins
Latin ‘saccharum’ meaning sugar, referring to the high sugar content of its sap.
History
Native Americans first taught European settlers how to 'sugar off' the sap in early spring.
TURN KNOWING INTO GROWING
Your next beginning, in a cup.
Seeds In A Cup® grow kits matched to sugar maple.
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THE GROWING CONVERSATION
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