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Water generously when your tree is young, then only during dry weather.

Aug 09, Weather is the primary factor for why your maple tree leaves are not turning red in fall. In autumn, the leaves of sourwood, sumacs, dogwoods, and some maples often turn red or purple like the Brandywine Maple.

Sugar maple leaves can be a brilliant orange. Red Maple trees such as Autumn Blaze Maple or October Glory can have shades of orange and red. October Glory is an excellent Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins. Red Maple (Acer rubrum) (wildnerdpix/bushnotch.bar) This vibrant maple boasts crimson fall leaves, reddish seed pods in early spring, small red flowers from March to May, and reddish stems during the winter.

Not all red maple trees have red leaves in the fall, so buy a nursery plant in the fall to be bushnotch.barted Reading Time: 7 mins.