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The Nursery will be open as normal during the Christmas period, except Bank Holidays, and will be closing at 1.30pm on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.

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    LIQUIDAMBAR
    LIQUIDAMBAR
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    LIQUIDAMBAR

    Commonly known as 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
    • Good to know
      Grown for their maple-like leaves which colour well in autumn and upright, open habit. A splendid specimen tree in a lawn.
    • Place of origin
      Eastern and southwestern Asia, North America, Mexico.
    • Deciduous
    • Tree
    View Planting Tips and Care Advice
    Liquidambar - Growing Guide
    Trees - Care Guide

    varieties
    LIQUIDAMBAR acalycina 'Burgundy Flush'
    New growth deep reddish purple in spring.
     
    2 Litre
    £25.00
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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
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    Available late spring to early summer 2026
    Spring according to the Met Office is defined as March 1st - May 31st. Therefore late spring is mid-April onwards. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.
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    Large
    £80.00

    Useful extras...

    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
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Vitax
    Q4 Pelleted Fertiliser
    A useful fertiliser suitable for use on a wide variety of plants. Q4 provides all the nutrients and trace elements essential for vigorous growth, abundant flowering and ripening of fruit.
    0.9 kg
    £6.00
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    2.5 kg
    £13.00
    Unavailable
    4.5 kg
    £25.00
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    Wildflower Mini Meadow
    Creates a mini-meadow for attracting bees, butterflies and bugs to your garden. 200g sachet which will cover 3 square metres. Contains Rootgrow™ mycorrhizal fungi.
    3m²
    £7.00
    10m²
    £15.50
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