Crimson King Norway Maple                A-ser plat-an-OY-dez

• Purple-red leaf (maroon) for most of the growing season, reddish-orange in fall.  Flowers maroon-yellow and fruit also purplish.
• Sun.  Probably the most vigorous of red-leafed forms.  Extremely similar cultivars are ‘Ruby Red’ and ‘Goldsworth Purple’ (Jacobson, 1996, p. 41).
• Hardy to USDA Zone 4        Originated in Belgium in 1937 from a seedling of ‘Schwedleri’, the leaves of which emerge reddish-purple, but then turn green. ‘Deborah’ is also a seedling of ‘Schwedleri’, and its leaves also emerge reddish, but in contrast to ‘Crimson King’, turn to a bronzy green during the summer. Leaf color comparison of ‘Crimson King’, ‘Deborah’, and species type.
• Oregon State Univ. campus: east side of McNary parking lot (11th St. & Jefferson).