5ft Sweetgum Tree | Liquidambar styraciflua 'Slender Silhouette' | 9L Pot
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- Highlights
- Variety Specifications
- Planting & Care
- The 'Slender Silhouette' sweetgum offers an incredible autumn display, with leaves turning from green to vibrant orange, red, and purple.
- Its upright, columnar growth habit creates a striking flame-like effect, perfect for adding vertical interest to gardens.
- Features beautiful, maple-like leaves with five deep lobes and produces decorative, spiky fruit known as 'gum balls'.
- The tree's name comes from the fragrant, sticky resin it produces, historically used by Aztecs and Native Americans.
- Recognised for its outstanding garden performance with the RHS Award of Garden Merit.
- Species: Sweetgum
- Features: Autumn colour, Fully hardy, RHS Award of Garden Merit, Fantastic foliage
- Foliage Colour: Green in summer, transitioning to orange, red, and purple in autumn
- Position: Full sun to partial shade
- Eventual Spread: 1-1.5m
- Habit: Columnar, upright, conical
- Hardiness: Fully hardy (H6 - down to -20°C)
- Soil Type: Fertile, moist, neutral or acidic soil. Avoids alkaline soils.
- Pest & Disease Resistance: Excellent; rarely troubled.
- Planting Time: Can be planted year-round.
- Spacing: Plant 1.5m apart to allow for spread.
- Watering: Water regularly as the tree establishes, particularly during dry spells.
- Feeding: Not typically required.
- Pruning: Pruning group 1 - minimal pruning required. Remove any damaged, diseased or crossing branches in late winter or early spring to maintain a healthy framework.
Product Specifications
- Supplied As: 2 year old tree in a 9L pot
- Height on Arrival: 120-150cm (including pot)
- Eventual Height: 6-8m
Highlights
- The 'Slender Silhouette' sweetgum offers an incredible autumn display, with leaves turning from green to vibrant orange, red, and purple.
- Its upright, columnar growth habit creates a striking flame-like effect, perfect for adding vertical interest to gardens.
- Features beautiful, maple-like leaves with five deep lobes and produces decorative, spiky fruit known as 'gum balls'.
- The tree's name comes from the fragrant, sticky resin it produces, historically used by Aztecs and Native Americans.
- Recognised for its outstanding garden performance with the RHS Award of Garden Merit.
Variety Specifications
- Species: Sweetgum
- Features: Autumn colour, Fully hardy, RHS Award of Garden Merit, Fantastic foliage
- Foliage Colour: Green in summer, transitioning to orange, red, and purple in autumn
- Position: Full sun to partial shade
- Eventual Spread: 1-1.5m
- Habit: Columnar, upright, conical
- Hardiness: Fully hardy (H6 - down to -20°C)
- Soil Type: Fertile, moist, neutral or acidic soil. Avoids alkaline soils.
- Pest & Disease Resistance: Excellent; rarely troubled.
Planting & Care
- Planting Time: Can be planted year-round.
- Spacing: Plant 1.5m apart to allow for spread.
- Watering: Water regularly as the tree establishes, particularly during dry spells.
- Feeding: Not typically required.
- Pruning: Pruning group 1 - minimal pruning required. Remove any damaged, diseased or crossing branches in late winter or early spring to maintain a healthy framework.
Product Specifications
- Supplied As: 2 year old tree in a 9L pot
- Height on Arrival: 120-150cm (including pot)
- Eventual Height: 6-8m
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