TreeHugger

Identifying the Sweetgum Tree

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. American sweetgum trees, or Liquidambar styraciflua, are sometimes called ...
Penn Live

Skinny sweetgum tree won't drop those annoying, spiky balls: George's Plant Pick of the Week

Here's PennLive garden writer George Weigel's Plant Pick of the Week for this week: * Common name: Sweetgum 'Slender Silhouette' * Botanical name: Liquidambar styraciflua 'Slender Silhouette' * What ...
Columbus Dispatch

Plant Primer: Slender silhoutte sweet gum

A nice columnar tree for a tough garden spot is the 'Slender Silhouette' variety of sweet gum (Liqidambar styraciflua ‘Slender Silhouette’). This deciduous tree is very narrow and upright, with gray ...
Winston-Salem Journal

Columnar trees work well in smaller garden spaces

This time of year, I always try to touch on the topic of tree planting. So, I apologize in advance if I start to sound like a broken record. Fall is — hands down — the best time to plant trees in our ...