Q. My better half has a ticket in hand for Siberia if I attempt to trim our 48-year-old Crimson King maple. It is probably 50 feet tall and 60 feet wide. The limbs are hanging nicely but are ...

Crimson King maple (Matthieu Sontag/Wikipedia Commons) ... Hardy zones 3 to 7, the "Crimson King" can reach a mature height of 40 to 50 feet and a canopy width of similar spread.

Above: Norway maple leaf, photo by Purdue Arboretum 'Crimson King' Norway maple, photo by Purdue Arboretum. Above: Sugar maple, photo by Purdue Arboretum Above: Black maple in fall, photo by Purdue ...

Note: Many ornamental varieties of Norway maple exist, including one known as crimson maple, or crimson king maple. These maples have dark red or purple leaves all year long, but in most cases their ...

That aggressiveness is why Norway maples, including Crimson King, were on the state’s first list, in 2018, of plants that that are now illegal to sell in or import to Maine.

Q. My better half has a ticket in hand for Siberia if I attempt to trim our 48-year-old Crimson King maple. It is probably 50 feet tall and 60 feet wide. The limbs are hanging nicely but are ...