Slender Silhouette Sweetgum
Liquidambar styraciflua 'Slender Silhouette'

Foliage: Dark Green
Fall Foliage: Orange to Burgundy
Fruit: Sparse
Habit/Form: Fastigiate, Tightly Columnar
​Uses​: Screening, General Garden Use, Narrow Spaces​

Zone Hardiness: 5
​Plant Height: 50 - 60 ft 
Plant Width: 8 ft 
Light: Sun
​​​Growth Rate: Fast​

This fastigiate tree grows quickly to form a tall, strikingly narrow column. One of the tightest and narrowest trees available, it is easier to grow than most. Those grown as hedges quickly become effective visual screens, while single specimens mature to become landscape exclamation points. The bark is deeply furrowed as the tree ages. The deciduous leaves are dark-green and star-shaped. The fall foliage color is unpredictable, but it may be in shades of yellow, orange, red, or burgundy. The tree produces fruits that are rounded prickly, woody capsules. Initially, they seem fruitless, but gradually they begin to produce a few fruits. The yields from year to year can fluctuate, but they are much less in number than the species. The cultivar's slender habit makes it ideal for thin or narrow spaces like medians and small gardens as a vertical accent plant. The columnar form also makes it a great choice as a screen or tall planting that borders along property lines.