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Sugar Maple 'Green Mountain' -- Roots?

17 years ago

We're considering planting a sugar maple. The proposed location would be near, but not in, a garden area. How shallow-rooted are sugar maples? (I know silver maples are terrible). We'll be planting in the garden sooner rather than later, but in 5 or 10 years are we going to have a mess of roots to dig through?

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Embothrium
17 years ago
All large-growing maples produce a large spread of assertive roots in time. Sugar maple is a good tree for parks etc. on suitable sites in suitable climates. Not a tree to garden under.

As with other planting of trees and shrubs, the time frame being planted for is always a consideration. Large-growing maples have to achieve some size before they begin to dominate.
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