Sweetgum

Description

Sweetgum is an excellent shade or lawn or tree. It need a large area with room to grow. Fruit can cause litter problems.

Its seeds are eaten by squirrels, and chipmunks.

Cultivars/Varieties

‘Grazam’ (Grandmaster™) –  50′ tall, shades of red-purple and orange in fall.

‘Gumball’ and ‘Oconee’ – dwarf, multi-stemmed, 15′ tall, good fall color, ‘Oconee’ better cold-hardiness.

‘Hapdell’ – Rarely sets fruit, maroon fall color

‘Moraine‘ – more hardy than other forms,  good red fall color.

‘Rotundiloba‘ – fruits rarely, only cold hardy to -10

‘Slender Silhouette’ – fastigiate, columnar habit.

‘Variegata‘, ‘Aurea’ and ‘Goduzam’ (Gold Dust™))- variegated,  60′ tall, leaves mottled with cream areas that intensify as the season progresses, good cold-hardiness.

‘Silver King’ and ‘Golden Treasure’, variagted with margined leaves.

Sources

Native Plants for Wildlife Habitat and Conservation Landscaping: Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Sweetgum – USDA Plant Fact Sheet

Sweetgum – Missouri Botanical Garden

Sweetgum – University of Connecticut Plant Database

Landscape Plants Rated by Deer Resistance – Rutgers

Recommended for Wildlife by

Native Plants for Wildlife Habitat and Conservation Landscaping: Chesapeake Bay Watershed

The Audubon Backyard Bird Watcher by Burton & Kress

HG120 Native Plants of Maryland

Bringing Nature Home by Tallamy

Essential Native Trees and Shrubs for the Eastern United States by Dove & Woolridge