However fall and winter pruning are fine for any minor pruning that is required. This is ideal if you have to perform any heavy pruning. If you want to avoid dripping sap prune your maple tree in late spring or summer. The fast growing silver maple tends to have the shortest lifespan of the shade maples, averaging about 100 years. Red maples average around 130 years, but can survive up to 300 years.
Sugar maples tend to have the longest lifespan, living 300 to 400 years. Maple trees tend to have fairly long lifespans. While larger varieties can grow as much as a foot or even 2 feet in a single year when they are younger, they may only grow an inch or 2 in height per year when they are older. Faster growing varieties like silver maple, autumn blaze maple, and October glory maple can grow 3 to 5 feet in a single growing season.
Most maple trees can grow about 2 feet per year. Many maple species are native to Asia, but maples are also found in North America, Europe, and Northern Africa. Box elders are among the handful of dioecious maple species, i.e., blossoms can be male or female, but not both.Several maples are native to the United States, but this large group of trees grows all over the world. Its flowers are yellow or green and appear in the spring season. Box elders are also called ash-leaf maples due to their pinnately complex leaves.
Several maples also can withstand drought, which is a desirable characteristic. Many trees seem to have leaves that are a combination of these hues.