In what is surely one of the most unusual street plantings in the county, some 88 Crimson King Maples line mile-long Colonial Village Lane. This street could thus be crowned Lancaster’s Avenue of Kings.
The purplish Norway Maple cultivar was discovered in Belgium among a crop of seedlings in 1937 and then made its way to America 10 years later. With a classic maple shape, the leaves retain their rich maroon throughout the summer.
This amazing cultivar is favored as a street tree because it’s a slower growing and more compact version of Acer platanoides, and it also provides wonderful color contrast with nearby trees.
