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Liquidambar styraciflua 'Festival'
Common name:
Festival sweetgum
Family:
Hamamelidaceae (witch-hazel family)
Distribution:
Species native from e. United States to Central America
Hardiness:
USDA Zone 5
Life form:
Deciduous tree
Comments:
This deciduous moderate-to-fast-growing tree is more narrow and upright than the species. It will grow to 60' in height and probably half that in spread. Star-shaped, 5-lobed leaves are dark green in summer. Fall color is reportedly yellow from late September into November. Inconspicuous flowers produce 1½" round fruits that persist into winter. A good vertical accent in the landscape.
Links:
RHS Horticultural Database
Locations
1:
TAX: BC06
(BC06)
• Accession: D1997-0205.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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Individual