Acer negundo 'Auratum'
ha: slower than species typical
pet: red, often showy in the contrast to the blade color
lc: all yellow for the entire summer. Best effect is trimmed every year or two to increase
lc: the number of colorful young shoots.
tw: greenish with whitish glaucescence coating - unlike 'Odessanum' (downy)
or: Spath Nur. 1891 as sport of 'Aureo-limbatum'
aw: RHS AM 1901

Acer negundo 'Aureomaculatum'
lc: mottled or spotted yellow

Acer negundo 'Aureo-marginatum' ('Aureo-variegatum')
lc: yellow margined
sex: male - unlike 'Variegatum' with its mottled schizocarps
or: Dieck Nur. before 1885

Acer negundo 'Aureomarginatum Elegans' = 'Elegans'

Acer negundo 'Baron'
ht: 35-50 ft. tall x 30-35 ft. wide
ha: oval, more upright overall
sex: male and hence seedless
ch: 2
lu: useful in zone 2 where few other trees are hardy
or: Morden Res. Station Canada before 1970

Acer negundo var. californicum (Torr. & Gray) Sargent
lv: densely grey tomentose below
tw: often downy pubescent
ns: intermediate populations occur with semi-pubescent parts

Acer negundo 'Crispum'
ha: more shrubby
ls: curled, sometimes deformed
sex: male
or: known in Europe since 1825
eval: if there is anything we do not need in modern gardens is a curled, uglier version of a weed

Acer negundo 'Crispum Variegatum'
ls: as 'Crispum'
lc: yellow margined

Acer negundo 'Dr. Herskalt'
ht: 10-13 ft.
ha: shrubby
lt: 3-5 leaflets
lc: light green
lsp: Westonbirt Arboretum
li: VanGelderen, C.J. and D.M. vanGelderen. 1999. Maples for gardens. Timber Press. p. 87

Acer negundo 'Elegans' ('Aureomarginatum Elegans', 'Elegantissimum')
ha: somewhat less vigorous than 'Aureomarginatum'
st: distinctly blue glaucous
lc: broadly and irregularly margined yellow on glossy green - not white as in 'Variegatum'
or: France - different origin than 'Aureomarginatum'
aw: RHS FCC 1898

'Flamingo' - click image to enlarge
JC Raulston Arboretum. April 2004.

Acer negundo 'Flamingo'
lc: new growth bright hot pink becoming green to pinkish green and margined white. It
lc: fairly similar to 'Variegatum' by summer in most gardens. It reverts too so beware.
sex: male - unlike 'Variegatum'
lu: can be kept as neat shrub for bright spring foliage effect
ir: in North Carolina shade tree trials it has some leafhopper damage
or: Holland c. 1977
so: Forest Farm

Acer negundo 'Heterophyllum'
ls: leaflets linear to lanceolate, much narrower, or highly incised. Variable among these shapes.
or: Spath Nurseries 1883

'Kelly's Gold' - click image to enlarge
JC Raulston Arboretum. April 2004.

Acer negundo 'Kelly's Gold'
lc: bright golden yellow becoming chartreuse later.
id: given that the true 'Auratum' is gold all summer too we wonder how distinct this
id: would prove in side-by-side trials.

Acer negundo 'Odessanum'
st: down pubescent - unlike the glaucous and more glabrous 'Auratum'
lc: bright golden yellow, sometimes tinged orange
in: Rothe's Nursery, Odessa, Russia 1890

Acer negundo 'Rubescens'
lc: new growth red tinged
sex: female
st: tan-green with pruinose coating

Acer negundo 'Sensation'
ht: 30 ft. tall x 25 ft. wide
ha: 'improved' branching and globose, not a wild and vigorous, compact
gr: slower
lc: medium green
afc: bright red
or: Schmidt Nur. in 1989
so: Forest Farm

Acer negundo 'Variegatum' ('Argenteovariegatum')
ha: smaller than species typical but by no means lacking vigor.
lc: irregularly and often broadly margined white, some leaflets half or entirely white. It
lc: reverts easily and in a vigorous tree that is no a good trend. Be rigorous in pruning out
lc: green shoots.
frc: samaras also have a white chimera
lu: a bright, vigorous, and durable tree for cold climates and stressful soils where no
lu: finer tree will grow. This is one of the toughest variegated trees around so it has a role.
lu: But given that 'Flamingo' gives wqhite margins PLUS glowing pink new growth that
lu: cultivar might be used instead.
or: Fromant Nursery, Toulouse, France in 1845 as sport
aw: RHS AM 1973

Acer negundo var. violaceum (Kirchn.) Jag.
st: young twigs purplish or violet, more densely covered in white glaucous bloom
fc: male tree often pink-flowered, somewhat showy - Hillier won the RHS AM in 1975 for
fc: the flowers alone.
geo: Midwest US states
so: Forest Farm

Acer negundo 'Well's Golden'
lc: golden yellow
or: New Zealand
in: Don Shadow c. 1994
ns: Dirr wonders if this may be the same as 'Kelly's Gold' which itself cannot yet be
ns: separated from 'Auratum'!

Acer negundo 'White Lightning'
st: bright bluish-white, showy in winter, having the effect of white lightning bolts
afc: yellow
li: Arborvillage Fall 2001/Spring 2002 Catalog

'Winter Lightning' - click image
JC Raulston Arboretum. March 2004.

Acer negundo 'Winter Lightning'
st: bright but pale yellow, showy in winter months
ns: there is some dispute to date (2004) if 'Winter Lightning' and 'White Lightning' are same or not.
in: US trade c. 2002