Gum Tree Balls Ideas

Cardinals measure roughly 4 tall to tip of tail and about 3 wide.

Gum tree balls ideas. They are pretty for crafts but nasty if you step on them. Sweet gum tree advice. Many people think of sweet gum balls as a nuisance but they can be used to make many types of crafts. They hang by clear fishing line which does not detract from the bird itself.

Before you write them off as just a nuisance consider these simple ways to utilize the sweet gum ball tree and it s falling fruit. I have 2 gum trees and i too have many gum balls. On their lawn sweet gum balls were strewn all around. These seeds are often called porcupine balls because they are covered in small barbs.

Lay the balls out on sheets of newspaper and spray paint them red gold or silver. It s sweet gum ball time of year again and that means you may find yourself slipping on these prickly round seeds. Their legs and beaks are branches of. They replied that i could take the entire yard full.

I also have planted iris s around the tree so the gum ball help keep my dogs away from the iris s. Another option is to roll the balls in clear glue and glitter to. Cute cardinal christmas ornament made of natural sweet gum balls glittered a bright red just like the real thing. A notable exception is rotundiloba liquidambar.

Sweet gum balls are the seeds that fall from sweet gum trees. They will glitter and pop on any color tree and are a nice compliment to other holiday decorations. May be you can bag them up and sell as mulch cause. All you need to do is clean them off with compressed air and they are.

The barbs are carried to new locations when they latch onto animals fur. May 10 2017 explore linda durtschi s board sweet gum tree ball crafts on pinterest. I hope this may help some one. As a monoecious plant a sweet gum bears male and female flowers.

See more ideas about sweet gum sweet gum tree crafts crafts. I immediately asked if i could pick some up. The round fruit balls are produced from fertilized flowers. This means that only one tree is needed for the flowers to be pollinated and a single tree can produce the spiky fruits even when another sweet gum tree is not in sight.

In their yard they had a sweet gum ball tree. What i did last year was rake up the balls around the tree and use it as a sort of mulch. I filled a plastic bag and this fall took them out to see what i could do with them both in crafts and decor. Make sure to work outside with a face mask on while painting.