Sweetgum ‘Slender Silhouette’ tolerates a wide variety of soil types including clay soils. Fossil records have been discovered in Colorado, Washington state and throughout Europe. This tree will remain narrow as it gets taller with age. Description Additional information Description Large, light-green leaves densely cover the upright branches of this narrow broadleaf tree. Photos and documentation give a range of 3 to 10 feet wide but this tree appears to lean towards the narrower width. Imagine a tree that could reach 50 feet tall and possibly be only 5 to 7 feet wide. There are few trees that measure up to the promise of being narrow, but Slender Silhouette Sweetgum does, even into maturity. Sweetgum is an ancient family of trees and has lived in the northern hemisphere for over 50 million years. Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Slender Silhouette’ American Sweetgum This product is currently out of stock and unavailable. Liquidambar styraciflua 'Slender Silhouette'. Inconspicuous white flowers appear in the spring. However, this particular variety has less of that and the ones that do fall do not cover a wide distance due to the narrow growing habit. The tree is also notorious for the small ball-shaped spiky fruits that it drops in the fall. This characteristic makes the tree a good candidate for smaller gardens or to accompany tall buildings. Towering to heights of 50 feet or more, its width remains around 4-5 feet. Seed-filled, spiky-textured balls develop and drop in the fall, but not in great quantity. There are not many tall trees that maintain a slender profile but Sweetgum ‘Slender Silhouette’ ( Liquidambar styraciflua) fits the bill nicely. Flower: Inconspicuous white flowers in spring. Dark green in summer, turning yellow to deep red in fall. Botanical name:Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Slender Silhouette’ Foliage: Deciduous, star-shaped. The Sweetgum tree is known for green star-shaped leaves that turn to vibrant hues of orange, yellow and red in autumn. Common name: 'Slender Silhouette' American sweetgum. The tree makes a striking vertical accent. Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Slender Silhouette’ is grafted on Liquidambar styraciflua and requires the same growing sites: sunny to partial shade and protected from the wind due to the potential risk of breaking branches.There are not many tall trees that maintain a slender profile but Sweetgum ‘Slender Silhouette’ ( Liquidambar styraciflua) fits the bill nicely. But sweet gum ‘Slender Silhouette’ makes an excellent choice for smaller gardens too. Despite the fact it does not form corky fissures, the narrow habit with late but beautiful autumn colour is a real asset for parks, streets and avenues. Liquidambar styraciflua 'Slender Silhouette' is a nice addition to the columnar tree range. Cultivar ‘Slender Silhouette’ has a smooth, grey bark and on the glabrous, red-brown twigs and branches, the corky fissures, characteristic of Liquidambar, are lacking. No fruits have as yet been observed after flowering. At the end of April or early May sweet gum ‘Slender Silhouette’ bears unremarkable yellow-green flower spikes. In cooler climates, the beautiful yellow-orange, orange-red and red-violet autumn colours appear relatively late in the autumn but the foliage stays on the tree for quite a long time and, therefore, its magnificent autumn colours can be enjoyed for longer too. The foliage of Liquidambar styraciflua 'Slender Silhouette' is palmately-lobed and glossy fresh green as it emerges and in summer it becomes rather darker green. On account of its extremely straight upward branches, sweet gum ‘Slender Silhouette’ has a very slender columnar crown, a mere two metres wide and fifteen to twenty metres tall. The new selection was discovered in around 1990 as a very narrow seedling near a lake and named ‘Shadow Columnar Form’, later the tree was given the name ‘Slender Silhouette’. Liquidambar styraciflua 'Slender Silhouette' (‘Slender Silhouette’ sweet gum) is a recent discovery by nurseryman Don Shadow of Shadow Nursery in Tennessee, USA.
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