Sweet gum

Sweet Gum trees have been used for everything from Chewing gum, lumber, and medicine. Read on to learn the details of these uses of the Sweet Gum tree (with references).

Sweet Gum Trees I have talked about sweet gums before in this little blog's short life. I was admiring a large sweet gum on our p...

Those spiny balls, seed pods, dropped by your sweet gum tree can actually be put to good use. This is a guide about uses for sweet gum balls.

Sweet Gum trees are large deciduous trees native to Eastern North America. Identifying them is quite easy during all seasons. So, if you are wondering if you have a Sweet Gum tree in front of you, read on....

FREE GIFT WITH EVERY PURCHASE Sweet gum balls are great for so many fun winter & fall crafts and jewelry, decor, wedding, and wreath ideas. Also makes for great natural mulch for any flower and/or garden bed. These sweet gum balls were gathered from tree on our property, which grows naturally without any fertilizers or insecticides. We hope you enjoy $9.50 (25 gum balls) $15.50 (50 gum balls) $19.50 (75 gum balls) $24.50 (100 gum balls) $27.50 (125 gum balls) $31.50 (150 gum balls) $35.50…

This tincture made from Sweet Gum tree balls can be used to fight off the flu and other similar viruses. It is nature's Tamiflu!

The sweet gum trees we have are quite tall and very prolific...way too prolific. We've got sweet gum balls everywhere. Maybe I've stepped on one too many of these gum balls in my bare feet, but I truly have nothing other than disdain for them.

Now that you've collected them, what does one do with them? Sell them for crafts!

Sweet Gum Tree Balls - from the Sweet Gum tree which grow all over the region- these are the seed pods

Those spiny balls, seed pods, dropped by your sweet gum tree can actually be put to good use. This is a guide about uses for sweet gum balls.

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little*big*harvest: I Never Knew That! --Sweetgum Balls

by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden I’ve always said that if I’d known the trees in my back yard were sweet-gum trees, I would have never bought my house. The previous owner, had carefully picked up every single prickly gum ball from the yard and mulched very carefully so that there […]

The Sweet Gum Tree A forty foot tall Sweet Gum tree rises from the northeast corner of my back yard. On this early spring day, the tree is still a skeleton, although leaf buds are just beginning to…

Sweet gum trees are also sometimes called “gum ball trees”. It is not however because of their spiky, spherical fruit capsules (though you might think that is the reason). Rather, when the bark is damaged, the sap runs out, creating balls on the tree that can be plucked off and chewed. Consider growing Liquidambar styraciflua in your landscape as an excellent native shade tree that will also support a variety of wildlife, including small mammals like gray squirrels, beavers, and chipmunks.

Sweetgum trees look spectacular in fall and the autumn show continues into early winter. They make wonderful landscape specimens. Learn how to grow sweetgums in this article.

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Seed pod from is a deciduous tree in the genus Liquidambar native to warm temperate areas of eastern North America and tropical montane regions of Mexico and Central America.