Horticulture: The
amur maple is recommended for conservation planting and landscaping as it
transplants easily, is extremely hardy and withstands heavy pruning. It
can be grown as a specimen, container plant or patio plant, and adapts to
both full sun and light shade. The multistemmed growth habit makes this
tree less desirable as a street tree, but useful as a screening plant. It
is a very popular tree in the east and the midwest. Cultivars include 'Flame,'
a red-fruiting form with bright red autumn foliage; and 'Durand Dwarf,'
an interesting shrubby, dwarf form with small leaves but poor fall color.
A shrubby variety from Turkestan, called 'semenowii,' has
smaller, more deeply-cut leaves (sometimes 5-lobed) with attractive, red-purple
fall color.
