Sweet Gum Balls Tree

News Tribune: Ask a Master Gardener: Preventing sweet gum balls and tips for vegetable gardens, apple trees

Ask a Master Gardener: Preventing sweet gum balls and tips for vegetable gardens, apple trees

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CHESTERFIELD, MO (KTVI) – If you have a sweet gum tree in your yard you know there is nothing very sweet about them, thanks to those thorny balls they drop in the yard. But in Chesterfield, the city ...

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CHESTERFIELD Chesterfield soon could be declaring war on sweet gum trees and what some call the dangerous gum balls they produce. The City Council voted unanimously on Monday night to send to its ...

Q. I hate those sweet gum balls. I heard there is a way to prevent them. Can you tell me more? Does anyone have any good use for the blasted things? I know those hanging are going to start dropping ...

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: IN THE GARDEN: Sweet gums have fall color, but also prickly gum balls

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Q : This young tree just showed up in my yard (see reader's photo). Do you know what kind it is? A : It looks like a small sweet gum tree. They are beautiful trees in the fall, but they will produce ...

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IN THE GARDEN: Sweet gums have fall color, but also prickly gum balls

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Find out how to grow a native sweet gum tree so you can enjoy its shade and beautiful fall foliage. Dean Schoeppner Sweet gum ...

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Most people have a love/hate relationship with sweet gum trees. They love the unique leaf shape, with its five- to seven-pointed star, and the colorful red, yellow or purple shades the leaves turn in ...