Liquidambar styraciflua 'Rotundiloba'
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Tried and True Recommended by 2 Professionals
Species Native to Missouri
Common Name: sweet gum
Type: Tree
Family: Hamamelidaceae
Zone: 5 to 9
Height: 60 to 70 feet
Spread: 20 to 30 feet
Bloom Time: April to May
Bloom Color: Green
Bloom Description: Greenish
Sun: Full sun
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Low
Flowers: Flowers not Showy
Leaves: Good Fall Color
Tolerates: Clay Soil, Deer, Rabbits
Uses: Shade Tree, Street Tree

Culture

Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soils in full sun. Not reliably winter hardy throughout USDA Zone 5 where (particularly in the northern portions) it should be planted in a protected location.

Noteworthy Characteristics

This sweet gum cultivar is a narrowly pyramidal, deciduous tree which typically grows 60-75' tall (less frequently to 100'). Deep green leaves have, as the cultivar name suggests, distinctively rounded lobes (5-7). Foliage turns yellow to burgundy in fall. Non-showy, apetulous, monoecious flowers appear in small clusters in spring. Tree does not set fruit (the infamous gum balls).

Problems

No serious insect or disease problems.

Garden Uses

Lawn or shade tree. Street tree if provided with sufficient room to grow.

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