Liquidambar styraciflua 'Worplesdon | Sweet Gum Worplesdon - 150-170cm, 20lt' Std Acer palmatum but extremely fragrant and bloom

but extremely fragrant and bloom from late summer to autumn

especially with Mediterranean climate

Great for beds and borders and for growing in containers

making it suitable for medium to large gardens where its distinctive shape has room to develop

A half-standard 'Stella' denotes a specific tree form

Liquidambar styraciflua 'Worplesdon | Sweet Gum Worplesdon - 150-170cm, 20lt' Std Acer palmatum but extremely fragrant and bloomLiquidambar styraciflua 'Worplesdon' Std is a large, deciduous tree with neat, pyramidal, semi opened crown and smooth, grey bark, not fissured and corky as the species. Its deeply lobed, maple like leaves are glossy green and turn golden yellow, orange, and scarlet red, then burgundy and deep purple, in autumn. Small, inconspicuous flowers are followed by interesting, hard, spiny, rounded, capsules, gum balls, that remain on branches throughout