orange-red in autumn
perfect for creating beautiful topiaries or formal hedges
deciduous shrub with bushy habit and arching stems
but stained with red and produces beautiful pink juice
Liquidambar styraciflua 'Worplesdon' Std | Sweet Gum Worplesdon - 250-300cm, 30lt Phoenix orange-red in autumnLiquidambar styraciflua 'Worplesdon' Std is a large, deciduous tree with neat, pyramidal, semi opened crown and smooth, grey bark, not fissured and corky as the species. Its deeply lobed, maple like leaves are glossy green and turn golden yellow, orange, and scarlet red, then burgundy and deep purple, in autumn. Small, inconspicuous flowers are followed by interesting, hard, spiny, rounded, capsules, gum balls, that remain on branches throughout