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Nursery Direct
Round Leaf Sweet Gum
Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Rotundiloba’
Everything is included in this price: the plant, free delivery and professional installation
The price you see is the whole job: the plant supplied, delivered free and professionally installed. Done for you.
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Request photosHow tall it arrives: 45L about 1.5 to 2.5m, 75L about 1.5 to 2.5m, 200L about 3 to 4.5m. Heights vary with species and season. How pot sizes work
Getting it in: the largest size here needs about 1.2m of clear, level access. Measure the narrowest point on the route and tell us on the booking call. Standard access is included in the price, and anything unusual is quoted and agreed with you before work begins. What happens on installation day
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Sizes shown are the sizes we currently source in this species. If you need larger specimens, project quantities or a size not listed, our sourcing team can look for it through our national supplier network. We confirm your exact stock with you on the booking call before anything ships.
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After checkout, our team contacts you to confirm site access and book a day that suits. Most orders are delivered and planted within 2 to 4 weeks of your booking call. Nothing else for you to organise.
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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
Price includes everything: the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.
Round Leaf Sweet Gum - Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Rotundiloba’
Every complaint about liquidambars comes down to the seed capsules, and this one does not make them. ‘Rotundiloba’ is a sterile form of Liquidambar styraciflua with rounded rather than pointed leaf lobes, which sets no fruit at all, so there are no spiky gum balls rolling across footpaths, into pool skimmers or under bare feet. The rounded leaf also gives the canopy a softer, almost tulip tree look, and it still colours to yellow, burgundy and purple in autumn.
Why Round Leaf Sweet Gum
No Seed Capsules: Sterile flowers mean none of the hard spiny fruit that makes the standard liquidambar a maintenance problem.
Rounded Lobes: Smooth edged leaves give a distinctly different, softer texture from the usual star shape.
Late Colour: Autumn tones develop later in the season than the species, extending the display into early winter in mild districts.
Upright Crown: Narrower and more pyramidal than a seedling liquidambar, easier to fit into a street reserve.
Urban Resilience: Handles compacted soils, heat and reflected glare as well as any street tree in use.
Ideal Applications
Poolside Shade: The obvious choice where a deciduous shade tree is wanted near a pool without fruit litter.
Footpath And Street Planting: No trip hazard from fallen capsules on public paths.
School And Playground Grounds: Safe under bare feet where the standard liquidambar is not.
Driveway Avenue: An upright form that lines a drive without dropping fruit onto vehicles.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 4 to 5m in a closed row
Spacing (feature/avenue): 5 to 7m for full crowns
Best Planting Season: Winter to early spring while dormant
Soil & Drainage: Deep moist soil, slightly acid to neutral, tolerant of clay and seasonal wet. Yellows on strongly alkaline ground
Establishment Care: Deep soak weekly through the first three summers, as drought in February is what ruins the autumn display in March and April. Mulch a wide circle to 75mm, keep the mulch off the trunk, and allow at least 5m clearance from slabs, drains and paving because the surface roots are vigorous.
Plant Details
Height: To 15m or more in good soil, though smaller and slower than a seedling liquidambar
Width: 4 to 6m
Growth Rate: Moderate
Foliage: Deciduous
Light: Full sun
Native to: Eastern United States, as the origin of the species
Flower Colour: Insignificant and sterile
Delivery & Installation
Delivery and installation are included in your price
No freight calculators and no separate installation quote for a standard installation. Your price covers specialist plant transport, positioning and professional planting by our installation team. The whole job, handled.
- Wrapped, secured and transported by specialist plant freight.
- Professionally planted, staked and finished by our install team.
- Our team confirms site access and schedules a time that suits you.
Installation
Professional installation included, never extra
Every plant we sell is planted by our professional installation team, and it's already in the price. We coordinate the delivery, the machinery and the planting for standard site access, so your only job is choosing the tree. Unusual access or engineering requirements? We'll confirm everything with you after checkout before any work begins.
Questions? Send An EnquiryWhy Nursery Direct
Every price includes supply, delivery and installation
Buying a mature tree often means three separate jobs: the plant, the freight and finding someone to plant it. We price the whole job as one: the tree, the delivery and the professional install.
- One price: supplied, delivered and installed
- Mature trees and specimen palms at every scale
- National sourcing for hard-to-find stock
- Residential, estate and commercial projects
How It Works
Place your order. We do the rest.
We Supply
Premium advanced stock, selected from a national network of wholesale growers.
We Deliver
Specialist plant freight brings your order to your door. Free, anywhere in Australia.
We Install
Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.







