Acer rubrum 'Candy Ice' prophouse-fall-2026 perennial where winters are mild

perennial where winters are mild (roughly zone 7 and warmer) and grown as an annual or die-back perennial elsewhere

and 'Bluebird' is among the best forms

as a foundation shrub

'Winter's Joy'

Acer rubrum 'Candy Ice' prophouse-fall-2026 perennial where winters are mildAcer rubrum 'Candy Ice' is a Woodlanders introduction, found in southwest Virginia by the late Norman Beal. We use Norman's original name, though the same tree has been circulated elsewhere as 'Snowfire'. This is an unusual variegated red maple, the leaves marbled in pink, white, and green, and the foliage burns early, among the first to color when fall arrives. Pyramidal in youth, 'Candy Ice' broadens with age into an irregular, rounded crown on the