The hardiest purple-leaf maple, this improvement on the popular Crimson King holds its rich royal purple colour well throughout the season and makes a fine accent or shade tree for larger yards. Royal Red Norway Maple has attractive purple foliage throughout the season. The lobed leaves are highly ornamental and turn an outstanding deep purple in the fall. It is covered in stunning corymbs of lemon yellow flowers along the branches in early spring before the leaves. The fruit is not ornamentally significant. Royal Red Norway Maple is a dense deciduous tree with a more or less rounded form. Its relatively coarse texture can be used to stand it apart from other landscape plants with finer foliage. Royal Red Norway Maple will grow to be about 50 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 40 feet. This tree should only be grown in full sunlight.