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escambiaguy Atmore, AL(Zone 8b) Dec 28, 2005

I'm in zone 8 and today I saw a sugar maple for sale at the local farm center nursery. It's not the southern sugar maple, I think it's the typical northern version. I know they are not usually recommended for this area because the summers get so hot, but would it work in part shade as an understory tree?

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StarhillForest Illinois, IL(Zone 5b) Dec 28, 2005

Maybe, but why risk it? Maples are so easy to transplant that you could bring a local wild sapling in from some neglected fencerow or vacant lot (with permission). You could even scout it out in advance next fall and choose one with great fall color.

Guy S.

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escambiaguy Atmore, AL(Zone 8b) Dec 28, 2005

We dont have any sugar maples here, not even the southern form. All we have here are red maples and rarely I see a silver maple. Just thought it would be a nice change from the typical red maple. I do have one southern sugar maple. The leaves on it seem to be much smaller than the northern species.

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StarhillForest Illinois, IL(Zone 5b) Dec 28, 2005

Can you find out where the farm store got it?
Or, if it's cheap enough, just plant it (not in a prominant, exposed location where you can't afford to lose it) and hope for the best.
Or contact some good southern nursery like Woodlanders (Aiken, SC) and get a small one from them.
Or check out the Caddo selection from Sunshine Nursery in Clinton, OK.
(Or maybe some kind soul from the South on the forum might offer one to you?)
:-)

Guy S.

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escambiaguy Atmore, AL(Zone 8b) Dec 29, 2005

Well I went to buy that sugar maple today and it had a sold tag on it. Oh' well.

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