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Bowhall Red Maple
Acer rubrum ‘Bowhall’
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.
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Request photosHow tall it arrives: 400mm about 1.5 to 2.5m, 430mm about 1.5 to 2.5m. Heights vary with species and season. How pot sizes work
Getting it in: the largest size here needs about 900mm of clear access. Measure the narrowest point on the route and tell us on the booking call. Standard access is included in the price, and anything unusual is quoted and agreed with you before work begins. What happens on installation day
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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.
Bowhall Red Maple - Acer rubrum ‘Bowhall’
Where a red maple is wanted but there is only three or four metres of width to work with, ‘Bowhall’ is the answer. This selection of Acer rubrum holds a narrow upright oval crown with branches that rise at a tight angle to the trunk, so it makes height without spreading over a fence line, driveway or roof. Autumn brings clear orange to red colour, and late winter brings the small red flower clusters that give the species its name, on bare wood.
Why Bowhall
Narrow Crown: A column of only 3 to 4m across, one of the tightest red maple forms in cultivation.
Autumn Tone: Colours toward orange and orange red rather than the deep crimson of other selections, which stands out well against green surroundings.
Uniform Rows: Grafted and consistent, so a street or driveway planting matches all the way along.
Winter Flower: Dense red flower clusters open on bare twigs at the end of winter, well before leaf.
Clean Structure: Strong central leader with well spaced branching, which keeps pruning to a minimum.
Ideal Applications
Narrow Street Reserves: Fits nature strips and footpath planters that will not take a spreading tree.
Side Boundary Planting: Height along a fence line without overhanging the neighbour.
Formal Avenue: Closely spaced rows for a strong vertical rhythm along a drive.
Courtyard Tree: Autumn colour in a small paved garden where footprint is limited.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 3 to 4m for a continuous column of foliage
Spacing (feature/avenue): 4 to 5m for defined individual trees
Best Planting Season: Winter to early spring while dormant
Soil & Drainage: Moist, well structured, slightly acid to neutral soil. Chlorosis is likely on limey or alkaline soils
Establishment Care: Water deeply twice weekly through the first two summers, as red maples burn at the leaf margins under heat and drought stress. Mulch to 75mm over the whole root zone to keep the shallow roots cool, and site away from hot dry winds and salt exposure, both of which scorch the foliage and dull the autumn display.
Plant Details
Height: 10 to 12m
Width: 3 to 4m
Growth Rate: Moderate
Foliage: Deciduous
Light: Full sun
Native to: Eastern North America, as the origin of the species
Flower Colour: Small red clusters in late winter
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.







