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Can anyone help? I have two Acer Liquid Ambers in my garden, but for some reason the bark on one of them looks like this. It’s always been like this and didn’t think anything of it till I got a second one. Is it ok? Or is it something I should be concerned about?
Can anyone help? I have two Acer Liquid Ambers in my garden, but for some reason the bark on one of them looks like this. It’s always been like this and didn’t think anything of it till I got a second one. Is it ok? Or is it something I should be concerned about?
Thanks for uploading more pictures I can take a good look now.
People often get a bit stressed with they see liquidambers or american sweet gums with cracked or distorted bark. The quick feeling is they are ill or have been attacked by something but the real answers far less worrying.
What you're seeing is the maturation of an established Liquidamber vs a younger one. I'm guessing the new one you have planted is younger and has smooth bark?
No, I'm not a psychic or mind reader, but once Liquidamber trees mature, specifically Liquidambar styraciflua which as it ages cracks usually vertically. So unless the performance of this tree is waning I wouldn't be too worried. Some trees like Prunus serrula and shrubs like Euonymus alatus all have cracking or peeling bark as part of their features!
Thanks for uploading more pictures I can take a good look now.
People often get a bit stressed with they see liquidambers or american sweet gums with cracked or distorted bark. The quick feeling is they are ill or have been attacked by something but the real answers far less worrying.
What you're seeing is the maturation of an established Liquidamber vs a younger one. I'm guessing the new one you have planted is younger and has smooth bark?
No, I'm not a psychic or mind reader, but once Liquidamber trees mature, specifically Liquidambar styraciflua which as it ages cracks usually vertically. So unless the performance of this tree is waning I wouldn't be too worried. Some trees like Prunus serrula and shrubs like Euonymus alatus all have cracking or peeling bark as part of their features!
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