![]() Suggested UsesĮxcellent lawn, park or street tree, but needs a large area for root development as they will lift sidewalks and can interfere w/ mowing. Like the species, it is widely adaptable. Common name refers to the aromatic sweet balsam or gum that exudes from wounds to the tree. Liquidambar styraciflua 'Slender Silhouette' Common Name: Slender Silhouette Sweetgum Unusual, noteworthy tree that grows in a very tight, columnar form, a sort of deciduous version of Italian cypress. Genus name means "liquid amber" (fragrant resin). Goldfinches & other songbirds enjoy the seeds within the fruit capsule in the fall & winter. 3-season interest: Spring, summer & fall. Not good for city plantings or small spaces. Needs a larger space in the landscape for roots to develop. Best in deep, moist, slightly acid soils (pH 6.1-6.5) in full sun. Bark on older trunks is silvery-gray/grayish brown, deeply furrowed into narrow, rounded ridges. Young stems shiny brown, aromatic when scratched may develop corky wings w/ age. Leaf and Bark Featuresĭeciduous: 4" to 7.5" alternate, simple, star-shaped leaves, w/ 5-7 pointed lobes, dark glossy green on top, lighter beneath, w/ some axillary tufts of pubescence on major veins. 90 of plants die because they were the wrong plant choice. The foliage of Liquidambar styraciflua Slender Silhouette is palmately-lobed and glossy fresh green as it emerges and in summer it becomes rather darker green. The spiny, aggregate fruits, sometimes called "gum balls", are a mace-like syncarp of dehiscent capsules, 1-1.5" diameter, brown, winged seeds inside, persisting into winter, dropping sporadically, often causing a litter problem. Liquidambar styraciflua 'Slender Silhouette' (Sweet gum 'Slender Silhouette') Other names: Columnar sweet gum, Fastigiate sweet gum ShootChecker STOP: Make sure you get the Right Plant, Right Place. ![]() Flower and Fruit Detailsįlowers small, yellow-green, monoecious, w/ female flowers a 1/2" rounded head on slender stalk male in a 3-4" panicle, April-May, as leaves are emerging. Kentucky Native - Native trees occur on river bottoms, on deep, rich, moist, alluvial soils, as well as on a variety of other sites, in Connecticut, south to New York, to Florida, southern Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri to Texas & Mexico. Liquidambar styraciflua Slender Silhouette. Medium growth rate on dry sites fast rate if moist. Sweet Gum Slender Silhouette This is a very upright, slender tree for any garden, with brilliant autumn colour. Useful as a narrower alternative to Carpinus b. ![]() Creates a green column or narrow spire that can be used in tight spaces. ![]() There is an age-old problem that almost all gardeners eventually have to face: too many plants for too little. Pyramidal habit of youth becomes oblong/rounded w/ age. LIQUIDAMBAR styraciflua ‘Slender Silhouette’ An incredibly upright, dark green form of sweetgum. Liquidambar styraciflua Slender Silhouette. ![]()
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