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LIQUIDAMBAR styraciflua 'Slender Silhouette'
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:: Hamamelidaceae :: LIQUIDAMBAR :: styraciflua :: 'Slender Silhouette'
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Main asset

Very small space needed for this tree with beautiful autumn colors. Can also be used in formal garden to mark vertical lines.

Remarks

Very ornamental tree, the most beautiful autumn colors in light acid or neutral soil. Prune slightly if needed at the end of winter if a few branches move away.

'Slender Silhoutette' is a columnar variety, just over 1 m wide after several years. Like all varieties selected in Liquidambar, it has beautiful autumn colors.

  • Uses: specimen, alignment

Global caracteristics:

  • Type of foliage: deciduous
  • Habit: columnar
  • Height: 10 m x 2 m (32 ft x 6 ft)
  • Growth: fast

Shape and colours:

  • Foliage shape: palmated
  • Foliage colour: medium green
  • Foliage colour in autumn: orange red

Plantation:

  • Soil type: good garden soil, not too dry in summer
  • Exposure: sun, part-shade
  • Hardiness: - 20 °C (-4 °F - USDA zone 6b)