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
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Pests & Diseases
None. -
Place of origin
Eastern USA, Mexico. -
DeciduousPalmately 5- or 7- lobed leaves, blue-green, cream and yellow, turning pink in autumn.
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Silver variegated
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Height
15m (40ft) -
Spread
8m (25ft) -
Tree
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Autumn Seasonal Interest
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Fertile moist well-drained soil
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Neutral to acid soil
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Full sun
For best autumn colour. -
Partial shade
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Broadly conical
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Mature Size15m (40ft)
8m (25ft)
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Liquidambar - Growing Guide
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