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Silver Maple (Wholesale Bundles) | Spring 2027
$173.00
Price breaks
| Bundles in your cart | Per bundle | Per plant |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 bundles | $173.00 | $6.92 |
| 4 to 11 bundles | $147.05 | $5.88 |
| 12 to 23 bundles | $129.75 | $5.19 |
| 24 bundles and up | $112.45 | $4.50 |
40 bundles or more? Email us for a quote.
Breaks count every Farm & Ranch bundle in your cart, any mix of plants.
Farm & Ranch bundles are already priced wholesale, so SAVE discount codes don't apply to them.
Reliable shipping
Wholesale only. We carry Silver Maple only by the wholesale bundle. For just a few plants, see our hedgerow and shade plants.
At a glance: Silver Maple is a fast, big shade tree for moist ground, rated hardy to zone 3 in our ratings (winters to -40°F). Ships bare root. Sold here at wholesale prices, by the bundle.
| Also called | Soft maple (Acer saccharinum) |
|---|---|
| Hardy to | Zone 3 on the MFTC modified cold hardiness scale (-40°F). Grows in zones 3 to 9. A bare number means the whole of zone 3, colder half included. Find your zone with our cold hardiness calculator. |
| Mature size | 43 to 47 ft tall in a shelterbelt, bigger on bottom ground |
| Pollination | Wind-pollinated. No second tree needed. |
| Spacing | 12 to 18 ft apart in the row. |
| Good for | Fast shade, tall row on moist or irrigated ground, river bottoms, early pollen for bees, tapping |
| Deer | Sometimes damaged by deer. |
| What you get | Dormant bare root seedlings, 25 plants to a bundle, or 20 to a bundle for 3 ft. and taller. Sizes: 6-10 in., 10-24 in., 2-3 ft. and 3 ft.+. Shipped from Missoula, or picked up in Missoula, in spring 2027. |
| Wholesale terms | Sold by the bundle. Mix any Farm & Ranch plants to reach a price break at 4, 12 and 24 bundles. 40 bundles or more, email us for a quote. |
Overview
Silver maple is the fastest of the maples, a big tree with deeply cut leaves that are silver underneath. With water it gives shade in a hurry.
Origin & History
Native to river bottoms from the eastern plains to the Atlantic, and planted on farmsteads across the West.
Uses
Quick shade and tall shelter where there is moisture. The wood is soft and breaks in ice and wind, and it yellows on high pH soils, so keep it away from roofs and off dry alkaline ground.
Growth Habit
Large, spreading tree, often multi-trunked, 45 ft and up.
Spacing
Plant 12 to 18 ft apart. A bundle of 25 covers 300 to 450 ft of row.
Pollination
Wind-pollinated very early in spring, a first pollen source for bees.
Cold hardiness
We rate silver maple to zone 3, winters to -40°F.
How wholesale orders work
- Bundles can't be split. Sizes under 3 ft. come 25 to a bundle, 3 ft. and taller come 20 to a bundle.
- Price breaks count every Farm & Ranch bundle in your cart, any mix of plants. 4 bundles, 12 bundles and 24 bundles each drop the price on all of them. The discount shows up in your cart on its own.
- Add to your order any time before it ships. Same shipping address, and the bundles count together toward the next price break.
- No cancellations after February 1. Cancel part of an order before then and the rest is priced at the break it still earns.
- If we come up short on a plant, you keep the price break you paid for and we refund the bundles we couldn't send.
- Our dead plant guarantee covers these the same as everything else we sell. A plant that never leafs out its first season gets a credit code for what you paid for it plus its share of the shipping. We can't break a bundle, so credit goes toward a future order, not loose replacement plants.
- Planting 40 bundles or more? Email us for a quote.
Questions we get about Silver Maple
How cold hardy is Silver Maple?
We rate it hardy to zone 3, which means winters down to about -40°F.
How far apart do I plant Silver Maple?
12 to 18 ft apart in a row.
What arrives, and when does it ship?
Dormant bare root seedlings by the bundle, roots packed in moist sawdust, shipped from Missoula, or picked up in Missoula, in spring 2027. Orders are paid in full at checkout. Our dead plant guarantee covers them: a plant that never leafs out its first season gets a credit code toward a future order.
Photos: “0 Acer saccharinum - Tervueren” by Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY 3.0.