Maple, Crimson Sentry

Acer platanoides 'Crimson Sentry', a distinguished Norway Maple cultivar, emerges as a horticultural masterpiece of extraordinary chromatic sophistication, flourishing across its robust Zone 4-9 hardiness range with unparalleled aesthetic drama. This exceptional specimen achieves a carefully controlled mature form of 25 feet in height and a remarkably narrow 15-foot width, presenting a living architectural element defined by its most captivating feature – a dramatic foliage performance that transforms throughout the seasons. Its young leaves emerge in a brilliant crimson, transitioning to deep maroon during summer's peak, and culminating in a bronzed finale as autumn approaches, creating a continuous chromatic spectacle that sets the landscape ablaze with color. Demonstrating exceptional urban tolerance, the cultivar thrives in challenging city environments, offering landscape designers and urban planners a supremely adaptable specimen that combines structural integrity, color complexity, and extraordinary aesthetic potential in a singularly impressive form. Representing a pinnacle of maple breeding, 'Crimson Sentry' brings unparalleled botanical refinement to constrained landscape spaces, transforming ordinary urban environments into living canvases of seasonal color and architectural elegance.