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Armstrong Red Maple
Acer rubrum ‘Armstrong’
Everything is included in this price: the plant, free delivery and professional installation
The price you see is the whole job: the plant supplied, delivered free and professionally installed. Done for you.
Supplied in 400mmtypically 1.5 to 2.5m tall on delivery
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Sizes shown are the sizes we currently source in this species. If you need larger specimens, project quantities or a size not listed, our sourcing team can look for it through our national supplier network. We confirm your exact stock with you on the booking call before anything ships.
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After checkout, our team contacts you to confirm site access and book a day that suits. Most orders are delivered and planted within 2 to 4 weeks of your booking call. Nothing else for you to organise.
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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
Price includes everything: the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.
Armstrong Red Maple - Acer rubrum ‘Armstrong’
Armstrong is a red maple grown into a narrow column, which makes it one of the very few genuinely large deciduous trees that will fit a four metre wide planting bed. Acer rubrum brings silvery grey bark, tight clusters of red flowers on bare wood in late winter, and autumn colour running from orange through to red. In cool Australian districts the form stays tight and upright with no corrective pruning at all, which is exactly why it appears so often in council street tree schedules.
Why Armstrong Red Maple
Narrow Column: Reaches full canopy height inside a three to four metre width, well clear of buildings and traffic.
Late Winter Flower: Small red flower clusters appear on bare branches before the leaves, an early season signal.
Autumn Display: Foliage turns orange to red in cool districts, brighter where autumn nights are cold.
Silver Bark: Smooth silver-grey bark gives the trunk real presence through the leafless months.
Damp Ground Tolerance: Red maple is a swamp species by origin, so it copes with soils that stay moist.
Ideal Applications
Street And Verge Planting: Its columnar form suits narrow nature strips and footpath setbacks.
Driveway Avenue: Delivers avenue scale without encroaching on vehicle clearance.
Screening Column: Blocks an upper storey view between neighbouring houses in a tight side setback.
Repeated Vertical Accent: Used in a series it gives strong rhythm through a large garden or park.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 3 to 4m in a row
Spacing (feature/avenue): 5 to 6m
Best Planting Season: Winter, while dormant
Soil & Drainage: Moisture retentive but free draining, acid to neutral soil. Alkaline and limestone soils cause yellowing between the leaf veins, so avoid them or plan on chelated iron treatment.
Establishment Care: Water deeply and regularly through the first three summers, because red maples are shallow rooted and suffer quickly when the surface soil dries out. Mulch out to the drip line and keep lawn and competing roots well back from the trunk.
Plant Details
Height: 10 to 14m
Width: 3 to 4m
Growth Rate: Moderate
Foliage: Deciduous
Light: Full sun
Native to: Eastern North America
Flower Colour: Red
Delivery & Installation
Delivery and installation are included in your price
No freight calculators and no separate installation quote for a standard installation. Your price covers specialist plant transport, positioning and professional planting by our installation team. The whole job, handled.
- Wrapped, secured and transported by specialist plant freight.
- Professionally planted, staked and finished by our install team.
- Our team confirms site access and schedules a time that suits you.
Installation
Professional installation included, never extra
Every plant we sell is planted by our professional installation team, and it's already in the price. We coordinate the delivery, the machinery and the planting for standard site access, so your only job is choosing the tree. Unusual access or engineering requirements? We'll confirm everything with you after checkout before any work begins.
Questions? Send An EnquiryWhy Nursery Direct
Every price includes supply, delivery and installation
Buying a mature tree often means three separate jobs: the plant, the freight and finding someone to plant it. We price the whole job as one: the tree, the delivery and the professional install.
- One price: supplied, delivered and installed
- Mature trees and specimen palms at every scale
- National sourcing for hard-to-find stock
- Residential, estate and commercial projects
How It Works
Place your order. We do the rest.
We Supply
Premium advanced stock, selected from a national network of wholesale growers.
We Deliver
Specialist plant freight brings your order to your door. Free, anywhere in Australia.
We Install
Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.







