field maple
Acer campestre
RHS Plants for Pollinators; MBG Plant of Merit 2009
USDA zones5 to 8
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size25 to 35 feet tall25 to 35 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Habit
- Rounded
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Bloom color
- Yellowish-green
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Field maple (Acer campestre) is a tree for hedges, privacy screens, and pollinator gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes full or part sun and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It grows slowly into a rounded shape, so you can shape it as a hedge over time. Yellowish-green flowers open in early to late spring and attract butterflies, bees, and birds.
Pairs well with Staghorn sumac, Rising Sun Texas redbud, and Blue Chiffon rose of sharon.
Native range
Europe, Middle East, Central Asia, Africa, and 6 more places. See all 10
Europe, Middle East, Central Asia, Africa, Corse, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Sardegna, Sicilia, and Türkiye.