Sweet Gum Seeds
Liquidambar styraciflua
£3.00 – £8.00
- ✓ Grow your own beautiful Sweet Gum tree from seed and enjoy its stunning autumn foliage, ideal for gardens and landscapes
- ✓ Sweet Gum seeds are easy to germinate and grow, producing hardy trees that can thrive in a variety of soil types and conditions
- ✓ These trees provide excellent shade and shelter, making them perfect for parks, streets, and large gardens
- ✓ Sweet Gum trees are known for their unique star-shaped leaves and spiky fruit, adding interest to any outdoor space
- ✓ Quality UK seed stock from Yarrow Gardens - DEFRA Registered Supplier
Liquidambar styraciflua, commonly known as Sweet Gum, is a standout choice for UK gardens. Its star-shaped leaves transform from lush green to a fiery palette in autumn, offering a spectacular display. This deciduous tree thrives in most soils, preferring sun or partial shade. Growing up to 25 metres, it’s perfect for larger spaces. Its unique, spiky fruits add winter interest, making Sweet Gum a year-round attraction.
Ideal for biodiversity, it supports various wildlife. Planting Sweet Gum from Yarrow Gardens ensures a resilient, long-lived addition to your landscape. Experience its seasonal transformations and add a touch of elegance to your garden
Season of Interest
Autumn
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Shade
Foliage
Deciduous
Foliage Colour
Red
Flower Colour
Yellow/Green
Hardiness
-20°C to -15°C (H6)
When MatureSafety
Thorns
Watering
Moderate
Preferred Soil Type
Any well drained soil
Preferred Soil pH
Acidic
Autumn Interest Trees
Natural Germination: Sweet Gum seeds require cold stratification to germinate. Naturally, this occurs as seeds overwinter in the soil, experiencing cold, moist conditions essential for breaking dormancy.
Artificial Stratification: To replicate this process, mix the seeds with moist sand and store them in a refrigerator for 1-2 months at temperatures of 1-5°C. After stratification, plant the seeds in a well-draining soil mix. Maintain a consistent moisture level and a temperature around 20°C. Germination usually occurs within 4-6 weeks.
This approach ensures your Sweet Gum seeds are well-prepared for successful germination and growth, creating a robust foundation for your future trees.
Scarification
Soak in water for 24 hours
Cold Stratification
Cold stratify for 30 days
Germinate
Expect about 98% germinancy
Difficulty Level
Easy
Delivery
Yarrow Gardens aim to have your order with you in fastest time possible and safest method of transport. Dependent on the parcel size and geographical destination in mind with will select the most suitable courier.
You are welcome to collect any times from our nursery in Euxton, Lancashire. Please contact us to arrange a suitable date and time.
With regret, we can no longer send items out to Northern Ireland. All live plants need a phytosanitary checks and DAERA must be notified. This process is simply too expensive at the moment.
Returns
In the rare instance that your item has been damaged during delivery or incorrectly shipped by us, please contact us and we will be happy to discuss the return and replacement of your item.
Once you have contacted us and we have confirmation that your parcel is on its way back to us we will be happy to issue a refund for the return postage.
| Delivery Class | Delivery Cost | |
|---|---|---|
| Royal Mail Letter - Royal Mail Tracked | £3.25 (Flat) | This item |
| Royal Mail Letter - Royal Mail Second Class | £0.95 (Flat) | This item |
| Royal Mail Large Letter - Royal Mail Tracked | £3.25 (Flat) | |
| Royal Mail Large Letter - Royal Mail Second Class | £2.10 (Flat) | |
| Standard Items - Standard Courier (ParcelForce) | £7.95 (Flat) | |
| Standard Items - Standard Courier (Evri) | £4.49 (Flat) | |
| Medium Items - Standard Courier (ParcelForce) | £7.95 (Flat) | |
| Large Items (Heavy or +1.4m) - Pallet Courier | £90.00 (Flat) | |
| Large Items (Heavy or +1.4m) - Standard Courier (ParcelForce) | £24.95 (Flat) | |
| Pallet Courier - Pallet Courier | £90.00 (Flat) |
We are a small family business based in Euxton, West Lancashire. We specialise in the supply of trees, shrubs both bare root & cell grown. Much of our stock is grown directly on site from seed or cuttings. Other stock is all UK sourced where possible.
We adhere to industry leading biosecurity measures, this ensures that our nursery remains clean and disease free.
We are DEFRA registered and our nursery is regularly inspected to confirm compliance with all current plant and plant health regulations.
Our Plant Passport Registration Number is GB140010
You can view our Plant Healthy report here.
We are actively working towards the Grown in Britain certification along with the Plant Healthy certification.
Should you have any concern or question in respect of our plant health matters, please get in touch.
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