Palo Alto Sweetgum Tree

If you want magnificent fall color and a slender growth habit, the Palo Alto Liquidambar is a wonderful selection! 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. Every star-shaped leaf is painted with a unique, but deeply intense mix of deep color, from dark glossy reds, to bright orange and brilliant yellows.

Once the temperatures start to drop, the autumn foliage color display starts and continues well into the fall. This variety was specifically selected for its ability to produce brilliant color in milder climates in USDA growing zones 6 to 9. You'll notice people slow down as they drive past, so they can get a second and third look!

Planting and Application:

You'll see these native cultivars in city parks where plants are expected to perform beautifully without much care! This popular selection is an urban-friendly shade tree that brings you relief from the hot afternoon sun. Shade entertainment areas and cast cooling relief over your garden beds and borders with these showy trees!

Palo Alto Sweetgum looks fantastic on a raised berm, in naturalized-looking groupings, but will also work well along a creek or pond because Sweetgum can handle moister soil once established. Create groupings and raise these smaller trees into naturalized clusters on berms to show them off best.

• Star-Shaped Foliage & Spring Flower Clusters
• Slender Form
• Beautiful Fall Colors!
• Wildlife-Friendly Persistent Seedballs
• Perfect Accent Tree, Shade & Specimens

#ProPlantTips for Care:

It's also worth noting that the Palo Alto Liquidambar is almost pest and disease-free and easy to grow and care for. Best in full sun, Sweetgum grows ideally in well-drained, moist, and slightly acidic. However, it is adaptable to average soils that drain well and can tolerate wetter soils and periodic drought for a short time, including salt, alkaline, and clay sites. Establish your tree with careful watering. Thereafter, water regularly to protect your investment.

Apply a 3-4 inch deep layer of pine bark or pine straw mulch to young trees, and spread it three feet outside the canopy. Spread the mulch out further for mature trees to keep the spiked seedpods from getting into the lawn. You will find that your Sweetgum has such a great form you will need to do little or no pruning.

• Tough & Pretty Full Sun Deciduous Tree
• Tolerates Periodically Wet & Dry Well-Drained Soils
• Wide Range of Well-Drained Soil Conditions
• Pruning Best Done In Spring
• Pest Resistant, Salt & Clay Conditions
• Easy Care & Pest & Disease Resistant

Order your Palo Alto Sweetgum Tree today from Nature Hills and order quickly! People are hunting for this gorgeously modern shade tree!