Liquidambar styraciflua 'Gum Ball' (Sweet gum 'Gum Ball')
Other names: American red gum 'Gum Ball', Copalm balsam 'Gum Ball', Satin walnut 'Gum Ball', Liquidambar styraciflua 'Gumball'
'Gum Ball' is a compact, deciduous tree with a dense, rounded crown of deeply-lobed, glossy, mid-green leaves turning bright orange-red in autumn. Insignificant greenish-white flowers in spring and are followed by clusters of woody, burr-like fruit capsules.
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2m max. spread |
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2.5m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Liquidambar styraciflua 'Stared' (Sweet gum 'Stared')
Other names: Liquidambar styraciflua 'Stella', American red gum 'Stared', Bilsted 'Stared', Satin walnut 'Stared', Copalm balsam 'Stared', Liquidambar styraciflua 'Star Red'
'Stared' is an upright, broadly conical, deciduous tree with deeply-lobed, glossy, mid-green leaves turning bright red in autumn. Insignificant greenish-white flowers in spring and are followed by clusters of woody, burr-like fruit capsules.
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12m max. spread |
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18m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Liquidambar styraciflua 'Festival' (Sweet gum 'Festival')
'Festival' is an upright, conical, deciduous tree with palmately-lobed, glossy, mid- to bright green leaves turning bright red, yellow, orange, or purple in autumn. Insignificant greenish-white flowers in spring and are followed by clusters of woody, burr-like fruit capsules.
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3m max. spread |
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18m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Liquidambar styraciflua 'Lane Roberts' (Sweet gum 'Lane Roberts')
'Lane Roberts' is a medium broad-crowned deciduous tree with maple-like, glossy green leaves, turning dark-crimson in autumn. The flowers are insignificant and are sometimes followed by clusters of burr-like fruit.
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12m max. spread |
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15m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Liquidambar styraciflua 'Slender Silhouette' (Sweet gum 'Slender Silhouette')
Other names: Columnar sweet gum, Fastigiate sweet gum
'Slender Silhouette' is an upright, narrowly columnar, deciduous tree with palmately lobed, glossy, dark green leaves, turning yellow to orange-red in autumn. Insignificant greenish-white flowers in spring and are followed by clusters of woody, burr-like fruit capsules.
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3m max. spread |
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16m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Liquidambar formosana (Formosan gum)
Other names: Chinese sweet gum, Liquidambar formosana var. monticola
L. formosana is a borderline hardy, broadly conical, deciduous tree bearing three-lobed, dark green leaves, purple when young and turning red, orange, and purple in autumn. Rounded clusters of inconspicuous, yellow-green flowers in late spring are followed by spiky, spherical, green fruit capsules.
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10m max. spread |
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12m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
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