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Armstrong Freeman Maple
Acer x freemanii ‘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 430mmtypically 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 Freeman Maple - Acer x freemanii ‘Armstrong’
A hybrid between red maple and silver maple, bred to combine the toughness of one with the form of the other. Acer x freemanii ‘Armstrong’ is the most strictly columnar maple in general cultivation, sending branches almost vertically to make a tall narrow spire barely 3m wide at maturity, with smooth silvery grey bark and finely cut leaves. It grows noticeably faster than a red maple and copes with a wider range of soils, including heavier and more alkaline ground.
Why Armstrong
Fastigiate Form: A true columnar habit, narrow enough for footpaths, medians and tight side setbacks.
Hybrid Vigour: Faster to useful size than either parent species, reaching screening height in well under a decade.
Soil Range: The silver maple parentage brings tolerance of clay, wet ground and less than ideal pH.
Silver Bark: Smooth pale grey bark is a genuine feature through the bare winter months.
Autumn Colour: Turns yellow through orange, sometimes with red tones, though colour is less intense than the best red maple cultivars.
Ideal Applications
Street Tree Planting: The standard choice where a tall deciduous tree must not encroach on the carriageway or footpath.
Boundary Screening: Tight rows that give summer privacy from an overlooking upper storey.
Car Park And Median Planting: Handles compacted soil and reflected heat in a narrow footprint.
Architectural Framing: Paired columns either side of a facade or gate to emphasise verticality.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 2.5 to 3m for a solid green column wall
Spacing (feature/avenue): 4 to 5m for separated trees
Best Planting Season: Winter to early spring while dormant
Soil & Drainage: Adaptable across loam, clay and moist soils, ideally slightly acid to neutral, and more tolerant of alkaline conditions than red maple
Establishment Care: Water deeply weekly through the first two summers and mulch a wide circle to 75mm to keep the shallow roots cool. Because the branches rise at very narrow angles, remove any competing co dominant leader early in the tree's life so the structure does not split under wind load later.
Plant Details
Height: 12 to 15m
Width: 2.5 to 4m
Growth Rate: Fast
Foliage: Deciduous
Light: Full sun
Native to: A hybrid of two eastern North American species
Flower Colour: Insignificant, small reddish 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.







