Liquid Amber ' Liquidambar styraciflua 'Sweet Gum'
Planted in a 200mm pot approx 900mm tall
 
This is a conical shaped tree which becomes rounded with age.
It has beautiful finely toothed leaves which colour to shades of red, orange and purple during Autumn putting on a spectacular show.
Flowers form in Spring followed by spiky, woody, ball-like fruits which hang from the branches. Named Liquidambar due to its yellow reddish-brown sap.
 
Grown 20m high and 6m wide in 20 years.