Liquidambar styraciflua 'Worplesdon | Sweet Gum Worplesdon - 150-170cm, 20lt' Std Acer palmatum

Liquidambar styraciflua 'Worplesdon | Sweet Gum Worplesdon - 150-170cm, 20lt' Std Acer palmatumLiquidambar styraciflua 'Worplesdon' Std is a large, deciduous tree with neat, pyramidal, semi opened crown and smooth, grey bark, not fissured and corky as the species. Its deeply lobed, maple like leaves are glossy green and turn golden yellow, orange, and scarlet red, then burgundy and deep purple, in autumn. Small, inconspicuous flowers are followed by interesting, hard, spiny, rounded, capsules, gum balls, that remain on branches throughout

but two or more cultivars are needed for best cross pollination

especially with Mediterranean climate

making it suitable for medium to large gardens where its distinctive shape has room to develop

since it is fast-growing and can be very invasive

The period of blooming is long

but extremely fragrant and bloom from late summer to autumn

A half-standard 'Stella' denotes a specific tree form

Magnolia x loebneri 'Leonard Messel' is a cross of M

it requires more light

Aucuba japonica ''Mr Goldstrike ' can be grown both indoors and outdoors

Great for beds and borders and for growing in containers

and hang loosely from the branches like ornaments