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Liquidambar styraciflua 'Frosty'
Common name:
Frosty 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:
A broadly conical deciduous, moderate-to-fast-growing selection, 60' in height and half that in spread at maturity. Star-shaped, 5-lobed leaves are finely mottled with white variegation. Fall color purplish red to orange from late September into November. Fruit is 1½" round, spiky ball persisting into winter. Nice as a shade or specimen tree.
Links:
RHS Horticultural Database
Locations
1:
AES: BN28
(BN28)
• Accession: D2016-0237.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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Individual