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LIQUIDAMBAR styraciflua
Commonly known as Satinwood, Sweet gum
Maple foliage with excellent autumn colouring, liquid-amber describes it perfectly
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DeciduousPalmately 5-lobed or 7-lobed, glossy, mid-green leaves to 15cm (6in) across turning orange, red and purple in autumn.
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Height25m (82ft)
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Spread12m (39ft)
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TreeYoung shoots often have corky wings.
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Hardy - very cold winterHardy in all of UK and northern Europe. Plant can possibly withstand temperatures down to -20°C (-4°F)
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Full sunFor best autumn colour.
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Partial shade
LIQUIDAMBAR styraciflua
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Additional FeaturesMedicinal propertiesPests & DiseasesNone.Place of originEastern USA, Mexico.
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Garden Location/ConditionsWoodland garden
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HardinessFully hardy
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Leaf formPalmate
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Leaf marginLobed
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Pruning groupPruning group 1Suitable for: Deciduous and evergreen trees, and some deciduous shrubs.
Pruning: Minimal pruning required. Prune wayward or crossing branches to maintain a healthy framework.
When: When dormant in the late winter/early spring. Some in the summer/autumn to prevent bleeding of sap.
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Seasonal InterestAutumn
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Soil ConditionsFertile moist well-drained soilNeutral to acid soil
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Tree ShapeBroadly conical
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Liquidambar - Growing Guide
Trees - Care Guide
- How to plant a tree - Video Tip ondemand_video
- How to plant a tree
- Ties - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Restaking fallen young trees - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Fallen old tree - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Clearing up fallen beech tree - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Spring pruning - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing side shoots - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Pruning and Shaping Magnolia - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Deer protection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Weed Spraying - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing Ivy - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing wire protection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Tidying young trees in October - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Tree Survey - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Crown uplift - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing shoots below graft - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing peeling bark - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Maintaining variegation - Video Tip ondemand_video
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12m (39ft) |
Buy Varieties of LIQUIDAMBAR styraciflua
LIQUIDAMBAR styraciflua 'Golden Sun'
Satinwood, Sweet gum
new leaves emerge pale yellow in spring, changing to green in summer and turning red in autumn. Golden-yellow stems
LIQUIDAMBAR styraciflua 'Palo Alto'
Sweetgum
pyramidal habit with good autumn colour.
LIQUIDAMBAR styraciflua 'Slender Silhouette'
Satinwood, Sweet gum
fastigiate habit with spectacular autumn colour in hues of orange through red to purple
LIQUIDAMBAR styraciflua 'Worplesdon'
Satinwood, Sweet gum
long narrow lobes to the leaves which turn yellow and orange in the autumn. Occasionally produces fruit which other varieties do not in the UK
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