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New Trees
for 2007
Acer
negundo ‘Flamingo’
Flamingo Box
Elder
Type:
tree
Height: 30-50’
Hardiness: Zone 4-7
Light requirements: Full sun
Bloom Color:
‘Flamingo’Boxelder
forms a 40 to 50-foot-tall rounded canopy of very light green foliage
tinged pink in the spring. Some of the pink may hang on throughout the year
in the north and the leaf margins may remain whitish. The boxelder is an
undesirable tree for many urban situations and in some cities, planting it
may be illegal. The undesirable characteristics are brittle, weak wood,
short life and susceptibility to boxelder bug and trunk decay. But the tree
will grow just about anywhere and therefore it may have uses due to its
adaptability. The best thing about the tree is that it will grow on adverse
sites where more desirable trees may not. If you use the tree, plant it for
its quick growth, but interplant with more desirable trees to provide for a
lasting tree canopy. Boxelder is native along streambanks over a wide area
of the United States, grows along flood plains and naturalizes quickly on
disturbed sites. It may be best to restrict planting to these areas. It is
tolerant of drought and was planted as a shelter-belt tree.
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