Acer rubrum 'Northwood'
The 1994 "Leon Snyder Plant of the Year", this selection from northern Minnesota, and released by the University of Minnesota in 1980, has a rounded to oval crown with branches that ascend at approximately a 45 degree angle. Optimum growth, as with all red maples, will occur in moist, slightly acidic soil.
Acer rubrum 'Northwood'
Set top of rootball two inches above the ground level. Mix half garden soil and half planting mix. Mound soil to form water basin.