Sweetgum in the fall

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Pistil Lake Stevens, WA(Zone 8a) Oct 15, 2015

I think this is Liquidambar styraciflua, immature green seed capsules..
At the park today, sunny and 70 degrees.

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Resin Northumberland, United Kingdom(Zone 9a) Oct 16, 2015

Yep, Liquidambar styraciflua is correct :-)

Resin

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sallyg Anne Arundel,, MD(Zone 7b) Oct 16, 2015

Beautiful fall color tree; too bad the spiky pods and the surface roots make it bad for a yard tree. We have lots in the wild though.

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Mipii (Robin) Blissfield, MI(Zone 6a) Oct 16, 2015

I agree Sally, I always wanted this one and the spiky pods are a real treat to look at but not much fun to step on.

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Sequoiadendron4 Lititz, PA(Zone 6b) Nov 10, 2015

I have a seedless Sweetgum. It's the 'Happidaze' variety. Occasionally it will get a seed or two but no big deal. Ours has decent color but nothing like that. It's usually different from year to year. This year it has featured yellow and green fall color.

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Pistil Lake Stevens, WA(Zone 8a) Nov 10, 2015

As children, we would gather the spiky pods, spray paint them gold or silver, and throw them onto the Christmas tree-so fun to see them "stick".

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Mipii (Robin) Blissfield, MI(Zone 6a) Nov 10, 2015

Hey, that sounds like fun...even for supposed adults...he he.

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kittriana Magnolia, TX(Zone 9a) Nov 10, 2015

Seedless would be so much better than those ankle busting gumballs!

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