Most folks in the Southeast US consider sweetgums to be a less than desirable tree, while gardeners in most foreign countries consider Liquidambar styraciflua to be a garden gem. Over the years, we have collected cuttings of quite a few gold sports from roadside botanizing expeditions, but none have proved to have good enough garden value to introduce. Thankfully, an Australian gardener discovered and propagated this amazing golden selection, which is becoming more widely available in its native haunts under the cultivar name L. ‘Naree’. Here’s our selection at JLBG this spring…pretty impressive! That’s some fine golden lipstick!