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Could a red maple and a sugar maple be grown in a warm climate?

windel
10 years ago

Hi, I live in Guadalajara, Mexico, and the hardiness zone map officially states that my zone is 10a but I think itôs really 9b.

We have cool but usually sunny winters (mornings can be cold: sometimes 0ðC (32ðF) but usually between 2-3ðC (37ðF) to 7-9ðC (47ðF); daytime highs vary a lot: between 14ðC (57F) to 19-20ðC (70F)), sometimes with very cool rainy days. We sometimes have frosts but they occur like 3-5 times a year. The lowest it can get is around -4 (28ðF) but itôs very rare.
Summers are very rainy (we have a lot of thunderstorms) and warm but not hot (May is very hot and dry though, with temperatures around 32ðC (90ðF), sometimes higher).

If you want to think of a similar climate, think of Los Angeles (they have their rainy season in winter, not summer like me though).

In my neighborhood, there are many sweet gums (but the majority are evergreen) and deciduous ash trees and I once saw a silver maple growing very well.

I think I could grow them but what do you think?

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