Sweet Gumball tree Liquidambar styraciflua Gum Ball tree in pot

Description: There is something nice and special about the people who love plants.*.*. Welcome to my Beautiful World of Gardening! . *.*. My garden is 100% organic. I do not use any chemicals You will receive: 1 healthy Sweet gumball tree1-2 ft tall, in a small pot. Fast-growing hardy trees. Require little or no care. The wood is great for timber because of its gorgeous interlocked grain. It’s easy to shape, stain, and paint. In October-November leaves are falling off and the trees go dormant.You can plant these seedlings directly in the garden soil. Just add a layer of paper and mulch to protect roots from possible frost. If you buy these trees during cold season season (around December): another method is to put these small trees in large pots with soil and keep them in the unheated garage; water them every 10-15 days. Then move these rested trees in spring to the garden soil. Sweetgum is a deciduous tree that may grow 80 to 120 feet tall. The tree has alternate, palmately lobed leaves with toothed margins that mature into a star shape. The bark is gray-brown with irregular furrows and rough, rounded ridges. Small, bright yellow-green (tinged with red) flowers mature on stalks in spring. American sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua), also known as American storax, hazel pine, bilsted, redgum, satin-walnut, star-leaved gum, alligatorwood, or simply sweetgum, is a deciduous tree in the genus Liquidambar native to warm temperate areas of eastern North America and tropical montane regions of Mexico and Central America. Sweet gum is one of the main valuable forest trees in the southeastern United States, and is a popular ornamental tree in temperate climates. It is recognizable by the combination of its five-pointed star-shaped leaves (similar to maple leaves) and its hard, spiked fruits. It is currently classified in the plant family Altingiaceae, but was formerly considered a member of the Hamamelidaceae. SizeLiquidambar styraciflua is a medium-sized to large tree, growing anywhere from 50–70 feet (15–21 m) in cultivation and up to 150 feet (46 m) in the wild,with a trunk up 2–3 feet (0.61–0.91 m) in diameter, on average. Trees may live to 400 years. The tree is a symmetrical shape and crowns into an egg shape when the branches get too heavy after its first two years of cultivation. Bark and branchesAnother distinctive feature of the tree is the peculiar appearance of its small branches and twigs. The bark attaches itself to these in plates edgewise instead of laterally, and a piece of the leafless branch with the aid of a little imagination readily takes on a reptilian form; indeed, the tree is sometimes called "alligatorwood". The bark is a light brown tinged with red and sometimes gray with dark streaks and weighs 37 lbs. per cubic foot. It is deeply fissured with scaly ridges. The branches carry layers of cork. The branchlets are pithy, many-angled, winged, and at first covered with rusty hairs, finally becoming red brown, gray or dark brown. As an ornamental tree, the species has a drawback—the branches may have ridges or "wings" that cause more surface area, increasing weight of snow and ice accumulation on the tree. However, the wood is heavy and hard with an interlocking grain, but is difficult to season.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Will be delivered from Virginia.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When you buy my plants, you agree with the following terms and conditions. Within 24 hours from the time this perishable material was delivered to you: you have the choice to send me an email with photographs describing the plant condition and your concerns. If I don't hear from you within the 24 hours, you forfeit all claims related to the plants you purchased from me. You understand that these plants became your property, and I have no responsibility for their development under your care. You will not ask me for any refunds or free replacement, or any other forms of compensation. My name is not Rockefeller, and I can't afford sending refunds or free replacements to my buyers after they received my plants and did this or that with the plants. I am an old gardener, who is trying to earn some money on eBay. Your positive feedback will help me stay in business

Price: 10.99 USD

Location: King George, Virginia

End Time: 2024-09-09T12:51:00.000Z

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