Sweetgum Tree | Liquidambar styraciflua 'Lane Roberts'

Deep crimson leaves for weeks

Grown by Danielle

South Downs National Park

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The highlights

  • Broadly upright, bushy tree
  • Large tree - grows to 12m+
  • Spectacular autumn hues of ruby and crimson
  • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

Description

  • Sweetgum trees are renowned for their spectacular autumn colour, and this is one of the best! A neat and elegantly shaped variety with deep crimson foliage that lasts for weeks in autumn, with new leaves in a dark glossy forest green
  • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner for outstanding garden performance
  • A striking specimen tree for a medium to large garden or street planting, providing year-round interest. Lane Roberts will even grow in clay or sandy soil
    • Excellent disease and pest resistance
    • Easy to care for, with minimal pruning needs - trim in the dormant season if needed

Supplied as

Potted tree
30-60cm tree in 3L pot

Height on arrival

30-60cm inc. pot

Eventual height

12-20m

Eventual spread

8m+
Spreads 8m unless pruned

Habit

Bushy
An upright tree with a bushy, broad crown

Hardiness

Fully Hardy
H6 - hardy in all of UK and northern Europe (-20 to -15)

Spacing

8m
Plant 8m apart to allow for spreading, unless using as a hedge
Excellent pest and disease resistance

Excellent pest and disease resistance

Generally pest and disease free

Water lightly

Water lightly

Water in well when newly planted and for the first year until established. Sweetgums are not thirsty trees so only water when needed after that. If the soil is damp to the touch, the tree doesn't require any water

Full sun to partial shade

Full sun to partial shade

Position in full sun (6h+) for the best Autumn colour, but will tolerate partial shade

Happy in most soils

Happy in most soils

Can grow in almost any soil from sandy to clay and from acidic to slightly alkaline.

Feed annually

Feed annually

Feed in early spring before the leaves emerge, with a granular general purpose fertiliser

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Sweetgum Tree | Liquidambar styraciflua 'Lane Roberts' Ornamental Trees
Sweetgum Tree | Liquidambar styraciflua Ornamental Trees

South Downs National Park

Meet Danielle

110 years' expertise free with every tree

Danielle's nursery has been growing trees in the South Downs National Park for over a century, and it shows. Dug up and sent straight to your garden at between 18-36 months old, their quality rootstocks, expert pruning and natural pest control mean that these traditionally field-grown trees are the hardiest you can get.

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Good to know

Our plants are grown 
in the UK

Specialist UK growers we know and trust grow your plants the traditional way, with organic fertiliser and biological pest control. They pick only the healthiest plants for you, professionally pruning them so that they’ll grow strong and well shaped.

Our plants are delivered overnight

Your plants are sent to you fresh from the field in our plastic free box that’s specially designed to hold them tight, then securely delivered by specialist plant couriers - straight from the grower to your garden within 
24 hours.

We're here to help at every step

We want your plants to have a long and healthy life. Expect easy-to-follow grow guides and videos devised by our team 
of experts.

Perfect plants, guaranteed

We’re confident that you’ll be delighted 
with your new plants. Need help? Alice and her team are here to guarantee you’re 
perfectly happy.

Digging deep to answer your questions

All of our plants are grown in specialist nurseries with the highest standards of plant care and sustainability. We guarantee you'll love them as much as we do! Don't just take our word for it - we've got thousands of great reviews on Trustpilot.

The delivery timescale for each plant is on the web page (near the 'add to basket's button). You'll receive a dispatch email with an exact delivery date once your plants are on their way, so you can get the garden ready.

We send all of our orders through a courier network designed to handle plants. Specialist equipment ensures that no plants will be damaged during the packing process and every order is carefully finished and checked by plant-loving humans. Your plants will arrive in the most sustainable packaging possible with minimal to no plastic used.

We deliver to anywhere in Mainland UK for our standard delivery cost. We are able to deliver most plants to Highlands and non UK mainland however this will be at an additional cost. This will be calculated at the checkout. Please note, deliveries to these locations will take longer. Unfortunately, we are not able to deliver to Northern Ireland at present.

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What customers say about us

We do our best to provide you the best experience ever
10 May

Best plants you will ever get online

I have ordered plants from them twice this year. They arrived well packaged, on time and looked strong and healthy. I feel the staff from Roots plants deal with their plants and customers with passion and care. I can’t wait to order again, price is good as well.

2 May

Highly recommended all round

Delivered quickly, perfectly packaged and the tree was in excellent condition. Really healthy and taken to the garden with no problems. Can't recommend highly enough. 5 stars isn't enough!

3 April

Satisfied customer

Unlike other online sellers, this company are well ahead in the quality stakes. My plant arrived promptly as per their promise and the plant was much more established and healthy than I had expected. It’s the second time I have ordered from them and I have faith in their promise. Excellent service.

26 February

A really good quality tree

A really good quality tree, delivered on time and very well packaged. But the emailed planting advice and supporting information was what really impressed me. Thoroughly recommended.

18 May

Exceptional quality

The quality of the plants was exceptional, unlike ones I have had before from local garden centres. Thank you so much. I will definitely be using you again.

22 February

Marvellous!

Marvellous service, great plants and fast delivery. Very useful information on how to care for the plants I bought. Easy to use website that makes it far too easy to overindulge in fabulous plants 😂🌱

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