Sweetgum offers some of the best of fall foliage color.

Liquidambar styraciflua

Sweetgum

The deep green, glossy, star-shaped leaves of Sweetgum turn a wonderful medley of colors in fall ranging from orange to purple to red on a single Sweetgum tree. In the fall, golf-ball size brown fruit with sharp points form.

Lustrous, deep green summer leaves
Beautiful fall foliage
Food and cover for wildlife

Item

Description

On Hand
1551 S3-3 RPM 0
1553 S3-15 RPM 0
1554 S3-3CG RPM 0
15898 S3-5 RPM 0
1556 06in 0
1558 18in 0

Height:

60-75 Feet

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Spread:

40-60 Feet

Hardiness Zone:

5-9

Characteristics & Attributes
Exposure
• Full Sun
• Partial Shade
Soil Moisture Preference
• Average
• Moist, Well-Drained
Season of Interest (Foliage)
• Fall
Foliage Color
• Multi-color
Habit
• Deciduous
Program
• Grow Native!
• MSD (Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District)
Attributes
• Wetlands and Streambank Stabilization
• Midwest Native
• Naturalizing
• Rain Gardens and Bioswales
• Specimen
• Great Foliage