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Exposure: Full Sun. Water: Medium Water. Special Features: Attractive Bark / Attracts Birds/Butterflies / Cold Hardy / Fall Color / Intermountain Conditions. Container Sizes: #15, 24" Box, 36" Box. Sunset Garden Zones: 3-9, 14-24. Minimum USDA Hardiness Zone: 5.
Palo Alto Liquidambar (Liquidambar styraciflua 'Palo Alto') is a rugged, tall, and narrow tree that is perfect for smaller lot sizes. Textured bark brings interest year-round and the persistent spikey seedballs add fall and winter interest. But it's the spectacular fall color that sets the Palo Alto into a class of its own.
- Liquidambar styraciflua 'Palo Alto'
- 40-45 feet
- Nature Hills' Choice
- Deciduous
Liquidambar styraciflua 'Palo Alto'. View prices and availability. Beautiful cultivar with a regular, pyramidal growth pattern, up to about 20 m. The young leaf has a slightly purple hue and has reddish leaf stems. The leaves are somewhat smaller than typical of the species.
Liquidambar styraciflua 'Palo Alto' sweet gum 'Palo Alto' Forms a neat, conical tree to about 20m with glossy, maple-like foliage, providing reliable orange-red autumn colour over a long period. Inconspicuous clusters of small, yellow-green flowers are followed by long-lasting, hanging, spiky, dark brown fruit. Join the RHS today and save 25%
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If container-grown, lay the tree on its side and remove the container. Loosen the roots around the edges without breaking up the root ball too much. Position tree in center of hole so that the best side faces forward. You are ready to begin filling in with soil. If planting a balled and burlaped tree, position it in hole so that the best side faces...
Prevention and Control: Remove infected leaves when the plant is dry. Leaves that collect around the base of the plant should be raked up and disposed of. Avoid overhead irrigation if possible; water should be directed at soil level. For fungal leaf spots, use a recommended fungicide according to label directions.
Although many people believe that cooler temperatures are responsible for the color change, the weather has nothing to do with it at all. As the days grow shorter and the nights longer, a chemical clock inside the trees starts up, releasing a hormone which restricts the flow of sap to each leaf. As fall progresses, the sap flow slows and chlorophyl...
Nov 13, 2019 · Sairus Patel, 13 Nov 2019. Liquidambar styraciflua leaf. From Trees of Stanford and Environs, Ronald Bracewell. One of the most spectacular trees for fall color on campus, sweet gum, or liquidambar as it is often called, has become a frequent choice in landscaping projects on campus.
Award-winning. Container Options. Full Description. Description: Moderate growing deciduous tree with a narrow pyramidal growth habit up to 20m. The young maple like leaf has a slightly purple hue and reddish leaf stems. The leaves are somewhat smaller than typical of the species.
