How to tend a Liquidambar styraciflua

Also known as: Liquidambar gummifera Salisb., Liquidambar macrophylla Oerst., Liquidambar styraciflua var. mexicana Oerst., Liquidambar barbata Stokes, Liquidambar styraciflua f. pendula Rehder, Liquidambar styraciflua f. rotundiloba Rehder, Liquidambar tuberculata Silba, Liquidambar styraciflua var. macrophylla Nied.

Watering

Only need keep soil moist

Sunlight

Likes warm moist environments, like sunshine

Soil

Sandy loam

Fertilizer

Apply nitrogen-based fertilizers in the early stages, apply phosphorus and potassium fertilizers in the late stages

Pruning

Remove old, diseased and dead leaves timely

About this plant

Origin
China
Category
Altingiaceae, Liquidambar
Size
Diameter ≥ 20 cm, height 15-20 cm
Blooming period
Flowering period early April
Flower colors
Mainly foliage cultivars, leaf color green, autumn becoming yellow or red
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