The Davey Tree Expert Company
P.O. Box 5193
Kent, Ohio 44240-5193
DID YOU KNOW?
A truly unique cultivar of maple tree is available
exclusively to Davey clients thanks to a
decades-long commitment to preserving the tree
at the Davey Nursery. This maple tree is available
only to Davey operations that order one of these
vibrant trees from the nursery in Wooster, Ohio.
Rick Hanshaw, branch manager, said the unusual
maple was discovered years ago amongst a large
order of standard red maple trees.
"The story goes, when they lined out a field here
at the nursery of red maples, which at the time
were supposed to be sunset red maples, one of
them in that row in particular stood out," Hanshaw
said. "It had a faster growth rate, a different fall
color – it was more of a yellow fall color – and a
nicely symmetrical crown."
So, the nursery took cuttings from this unique
tree and provided them to a nursery on the
West Coast where the cuttings were grown into
saplings and sent back to Davey. Since then, the
Davey Nursery has propagated the tree, which
bears the name Davey Red Maple
®
, officially
trademarked in 1991. Today, more than 400 of
them are in stock at the nursery.
Hanshaw said they plan to maintain it as part
of the nursery's stock for the foreseeable future.
UNIQUE MAPLE CULTIVAR
BEARS DAVEY NAME
Pictured left, a unique cultivar red maple carries the Davey
name. Here an example of a mature Davey Red Maple
®
tree is shown at the Davey Nursery in Wooster, Ohio.
Davey operations interested in ordering this unique tree
for a project or client property can contact Rick Hanshaw,
rick.hanshaw@davey.com, at the nursery.
