Liquidambar styraciflua Espalier

Description

One of the best trees for autumn colour, Liquidambar styraciflua is a large, slow-growing deciduous tree with a pyramidal crown and attractive grey, fissured bark. Twigs and branches sometimes have corky ‘wings’. The leaves are mid-green and glossy with 5-7 lobes, like a maple’s; in autumn they turn brilliant shades of purple, crimson and orange Easy to grow, but will not thrive on chalky soils or in extremely cold areas. Tolerates urban pollution.

Here we have 2 available options – ones that have been grown on an espaliered / Pleached full frame 140cm high and 100cm wide, and an option that has a mature trunk that has been cleared to about 90cm, with an established frame 150cm high and 120cm wide.