Liquidambar dms
Liquidambar_styraciflua_(detail)

Sweet Gum Seed

Liquidambar styraciflua

£5.00 – £10.00 inc. VAT

Sweet Gum is a large deciduous tree which has shining green, leathery, maple like leaves. They turn a fantastic orange, red and purple in autumn. Young shoots have distinctive corky ridges and the sap is fragrant. Although it rarely flowers in this country, the flower heads look similar to those of Rhus and the resulting seed heads look like Plane tree seed balls; it is  actually related to Witch Hazels! A fine specimen or woodland tree.

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Description

Liquidambar styraciflua

Common name: Sweet Gum.

Native: Eastern USA.

Provenance: USA

Size and spread (10 years): 5m x 3m

Treatment required: Requires a pre chill if spring sown.

 Seeds / kg: 166,500                       73% viable

Ideal sowing period: Autumn / Spring.

Soil conditions: Plant in any deep well drained soil to get the best colours, not chalk

Planting instructions: Grows to be a lovely even shape if given space

Mature height: 25m x 12m

leaf and seed head pic courtesy of Mbzt, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Additional information

Weight 5.00 g
Genus

Liquidamba r
Size

Mini Seed Pack (approx 25 seeds), Seed Pack (approx 700 seeds)
Family

Hamamelidaceae
Hardiness

Hardy
Life Cycle

tree
Evergreen

deciduous
Interest

autumn foliage
Requires

sun