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    Buy Liriodendron tulipifera

    Also Known As

    • North American Tulip Tree
    • Tulip Poplar
    • Tulip Tree
    • Tulipifera Magnolia
    • Yellow Poplar

    Plant type

    tree

    size

    • H: 50'-90'
    • W: 25'-40'

    planting zones

    • 4a-10b

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    Liriodendron tulipifera plant details

    Liriodendron tulipifera is a fast-growing broadleaf deciduous tree with green foliage. In spring green and yellow flowers emerge followed by brown and green fruit. Features glossy texture. Attracts bees, birds and butterflies making it an excellent addition to pollinator gardens. Grows well with sun - mostly shade and regular water. Does well in average and rich soil.

    CHARACTERISTICS OF Liriodendron tulipifera

    Plant type: tree
    Plant family: magnoliaceae
    Foliage: deciduous green
    Mature size: 25 FT - 40 FT - wide, 50 FT - 90 FT - tall
    Flowers: green and yellow blooms in spring
    Uses: fall color, shade tree

    GROWING CONDITIONS for Liriodendron tulipifera

    USDA Zones: 4a - 10b
    Sun exposure: sun - mostly shade
    Watering frequency: regular
    Soil needs: average and rich

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    Nursery contributed plant descriptions

    This tree of tall, stately beauty reaching 60-90' (and even up to 150'!) is the king of the Magnolia family. It is the tallest hardwood native to Eastern North America. This is a lovely shade tree with bright-green and interesting large leaves which turn golden-yellow in fall. Tulip trees are named for their wonderful (although sometimes hidden by the dense foliage) yellow tulip-like spring flowers. S/M

    By: Forestfarm

    By far one of the most attractive shade trees, Tulip Trees have unique leaves and dense branching with a wide, spreading form and bright yellow fall color. In late spring the tulip-shaped flowers appear at the growing tips and feature yellow petals with orange bands at the base. Tulip Trees are native to the eastern and southern portions of the U.S. and are not only extremely tolerant of both heat and cold but also tolerant of wet clay soils.

    Also commonly known as the Yellow Poplar Tree. The roots are fairly shallow so avoid planting right next to walkways or foundations.

    By: Red Panda Nursery

    This poor girl has had an identity crisis. She is commonly referred to as a poplar but is not related in any way. It's leaves merely resembled the fluttering of the Poplar leaves. Fiddle-tree was her name in other places due to her amazing leaf shape. Tulip Tree was her name because her blooms resemble tulips. She's Whitewood to those who carve. American Tulip Tree is her name overseas. In fact she is in the Magnolia family. So that is where I'm keeping her. She blooms from spring until early summer. And grows easily, in the spring, from seeds of the autumn before. Cuttings are also used to propagate the species. One of the largest and most beautiful of all North American trees. This tree can not be mistaken based on its strange shaped leaves. She's a fast growing tree that should find a place in any large yard. Tulip trees do not like clay areas prone to pooling water. Her roots are broken easily like other Magnolias.

    By: Ellipsis Gardens

    Among the tallest of our native American hardwoods, it shares much in common with Magnolia acuminata. Intriguing cup-shaped flowers of orange, yellow, and green in early summer. Grows fast if planted in deep, moist soil, but will languish if placed in a dry or compacted area.

    By: Heritage Seedlings

    A nearly monotypic genus related to Magnolia, Tulip Trees are ancient with one species in the US and one in China, these can approach 200' in height with an immense girth, it is one of our most spectacular native trees. The flowers are lovely but so high on mature trees that they are often overlooked, we like it as a food plant for tulip tree silk moths and Promethia as well as tiger swallowtail.

    By: Arrowhead Alpines

    2-3" lime-green tulip-shaped flowers w/orange base June, green tulip shaped leaves, yellow in fall. Great Plant Pick for the NW. Zones 5-9.

    By: Lael's Moon Garden

    Gardening facts about Liriodendron tulipifera plant

    How to Grow Liriodendron tulipifera

    • Sun Exposure

      • sun - mostly shade

    • Soil Needs

      • average
      • rich

    • Water Needs

      • regular

    Features

    • Foliage Color

      • green

    • Flower Season

      • spring

    • Flower Color

      • yellow
      • green

    • Fruit

      • green
      • brown

    • Foliage Season

      • deciduous

    • Wildlife

      • birds
      • bees
      • butterflies

    • Texture

      • glossy

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