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Acer paxii (Evergreen Maple) - A slow-growing, evergreen tree to 30-40 feet tall with a dense, compact canopy. New pink tinged foliage emerges prior to the previous years foliage drops. In youth the foliage is trident shaped but mature more or less entire or slightly lobed with a long tail-like tip. The leaf is shiney green on upper surface with a gray cast below. Small greenish flowers are followed by attractive red winged fruit (samaras).
Plant in full sun to part shade. It has alarge root system that does best with regular irrigation making this a good tree for the lawn. Drought tolerant with age. Hardy to at least 20 degrees F.
There are old trees scattered about in Santa Barbara and Goleta. Our plants grown from seed from a large tree on Arboleda Road in Santa Barbara.
The information displayed on this page about Acer paxii is based on our research conducted about this plant from books in our nursery library as well as from information that is provided by reliable online resources. We also have included our own observations made about it as it grew in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers when we had them in our nursery field. We also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.
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