Flowering TreesVine Maple
Acer circinatum
Vine Maple (Acer circinatum) is a medium-growing flowering tree, hardy in USDA zones 5-9, that matures to about 10-20 ft x 10-20 ft. It does best in part shade and full shade with medium water needs in moist and well-drained soil. Expect red and white blooms in spring. It attracts birds and pollinators, stands up well to deer, grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 5-9
- Sun
- Part shade, Full shade
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 10-20 ft x 10-20 ft
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Moist, Well-drained
- Foliage
- Green
- Bloom color
- Red, White
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Attracts
- Birds, Pollinators
- Tough against
- Deer
- Native to
- Pacific Northwest
In the landscape
Data sources
Freeze survival
Will it survive your winters?
Hardiness zones show a normal bad winter. We check the worst one — Vine Maple is hardy to about -20°F (estimated from USDA zone 5), so we'll score it against the real coldest nights your area has actually had.
Powered by ~35 years of daily lows from the nearest NOAA weather station. A risk read, not a guarantee — a sheltered spot or mature plant beats the odds.
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