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American Sweetgum growing in a garden

How to grow american sweetgum

Liquidambar styraciflua

When to plant american sweetgum

Plant this tree while dormant, in fall or early spring. Extension guidance rates fall, after leaf drop, and early spring, before bud break, as the best windows; balled-and-burlapped or bare-root stock goes in during dormancy so roots establish before top growth resumes.

American Sweetgum is timed by season rather than your frost dates, so the planting calendar does not generate ZIP-specific dates for it. Check the cited sources below to fine-tune for your area.

Growing conditions

Lifecycle
Perennial
Spacing
480 to 600 in apart
Sun
Full sun
Soil pH
5 to 8

Common problems

  • spiny fruit litter
  • surface roots
  • bleeding necrosis
  • webworms

Sources

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