Sweet Gum

Sweet Gum (Liquidambar) - A very beautiful summer-leafing maple-like tree from Florida westward to the prairie states, often reaching 100 feet in height, the leaves turning an intense deep purplish red in autumn, fine in effect. This tree, thriving in wet and marshy places, is more at home in Great Britain than some of the American trees. It would probably attain a greater stature in river-side soil in a warmer country than ours, the best trees in its native country growing in rich moist soils. In N. Britain, and N. Europe generally, it is somewhat slow and tender. It makes a beautiful lawn and home-ground tree, but should be planted in rather deep moist soil. The leaves are fragrant in spring. It would be better grown as a group than as single plants. Seed.