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    LIQUIDAMBAR
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    LIQUIDAMBAR

    Commonly known as Satinwood, Sweet gum

    THE autumn leaf-colour tree. The Sweet gum of the USA and Mexico with its maple-like (but tougher) leaves, breathtaking oranges, reds and purples and its gumball fruits, small, woody clusters that hang from branches in winter like those of London planes but spikier.

    Genus of 4 species of deciduous trees from moist woodland in eastern and southwestern Asia, North America and Mexico. The timber is used for furniture and veneers. The hardened resin from L. styraciflua can be chewed as gum.

    Full Plant Details - Sun/Soil & other attributes
    • Pests & Diseases
      None.
    • Place of origin
      Eastern USA, Mexico.
    • Deciduous
      Palmately 5- or 7- lobed leaves, blue-green, cream and yellow, turning pink in autumn.
    • Silver variegated
    • Height
      15m (40ft)
    • Spread
      8m (25ft)
    • Tree
    • Autumn Seasonal Interest
    • Fertile moist well-drained soil
    • Neutral to acid soil
    • Full sun
      For best autumn colour.
    • Partial shade
    • Broadly conical
    • Mature Size
      15m (40ft)
      		 tree - guide for size not form Average Person
        8m (25ft)
      		  
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    varieties
    LIQUIDAMBAR styraciflua 'Golden Sun'
    New leaves emerge pale yellow in spring, changing to green in summer and turning red in autumn. Golden-yellow stems
     
    Small
    £25.00
    Available again from June 2026
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    LIQUIDAMBAR styraciflua 'Palo Alto'
    Pyramidal habit with good autumn colour.
     
    Small
    £25.00
    Estimated availability autumn 2026 Any time SEPT-DEC
    Not yet confirmed. Could be any time between September and December.
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    LIQUIDAMBAR styraciflua 'Slender Silhouette'
    Fastigiate habit with spectacular autumn colour in hues of orange through red to purple
     
    Small
    £25.00
    Available again from June 2026
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    Large
    £80.00

    Useful extras...

    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    Rootgrow mycorrhizal fungi
    Recommended by the RHS. Contains Rootgrow™ mycorrhizal fungi. Suitable for all trees and shrubs (except rhododendrons, azaleas, heathers, cranberries and blueberries)
    Small - 60g sachet
    £3.00
    Medium - 150gm sachet
    £6.00
    Large - 360gram sachet
    £12.00
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    Afterplant - Grow Your Own
    AFTER PLANT GROW YOUR OWN seaweed is ready to use liquid concentrate that was specially formulated be used on all edible plants.
    1ltr
    £8.50
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    All-purpose Seaweed Stimulant
    All-purpose organic concentrated seaweed feed that is a ready to use, derived from sustainable harvested kelp, that can be used on all outdoor and indoor plants, except acid loving plants. Perfect used in conjunction with Rootgrow™.
    1 ltr
    £8.50
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