Liquidambar

Beautiful picturesque trees. Liquidambar trees are also known as Sweet Gum. Maple-like, deeply lobed leaves renowned for their spectacular autumn colours of reds, oranges and purples. Produces gumball fruits that hang from the branches during the winter.

Wonderful attractive bark which produces a resin. This is where the common name Sweet Gum comes from. The resin can be used as a chewing gum, or made into glue and into soaps. The wood from Liquidambar trees can be made into furniture and baskets.

Best planted in a moist but well drained soil and a sunny site. An occasional thinning out of some of the branches can be undertaken to encourage fresh replacement growth.