The Dawes Arboretum

Common name: Simon Louis Frères sycamore maple

Family: Aceraceae (maple family)

Distribution: Species native to Europe and w. Asia

Hardiness: USDA Zone 4

Life form: Deciduous tree

Comments: A rare, adaptable, large, deciduous tree of slow growth rate. Growing to about 15' in 10 years, expect 50' high and half or more as wide under landscape conditions after many years. Leaves are coarsely 5-lobed, thick with beautiful splashes of pink and white variegation, maturing to greenish yellow. Fall color is yellow-brown.