Norway maple
Acer platanoides
RHS Plants for Pollinators
USDA zones3 to 7
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size40 to 50 feet tall30 to 50 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Rounded
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn, winter
- Bloom color
- Yellow
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Norway maple (Acer platanoides) is a tree for specimen planting, shade gardens, and low maintenance landscapes. It is hardy to USDA zone 3, or down to -40°F (-40°C). This plant likes full or part sun and dry to moist soil of most types. It has a rounded shape and grows at a moderate pace. Yellow flowers appear in spring and attract butterflies, bees, and birds. The tree is also drought tolerant.
Pairs well with Kousa dogwood, Elegans hosta, and Yellow trout-lily.
Native range
Europe, Middle East, Central Asia, Asia, and 5 more places. See all 9
Europe, Middle East, Central Asia, Asia, Kirgizstan, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Tadzhikistan, and Türkiye.