Tuesday, June 12, 2007

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tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera)




tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera)

grand and magnificent tree 25-35m high with strange large, three-lobed leaves that look like truncated. The green-yellow flowers are tulip-like shells and orange spotted inside. The tree is very demanding.

Application: Public areas, parks, roadside verges, private parks, very high standards, wind damage, snow damage

home areas: Western North America, Eastern North America

location parameters: Light: full sun to cloudy, temperature: soil moisture normal: fresh to moist, soil structure: normal to loose, soil depth: deep compaction: risk, soil quality: medium, pH: 5.0 to 7.5

needs: sun, needs warmth, frost hardy but late frost, fresh to moist, and for nutrient-rich, sandy-clay, be sure permeable mineral substrates, preferably slightly acidic or neutral soil pH, lime is tolerated, salt-sensitive.

Height: Height of 25m to 35m, Spread: 12m to 20m, vigor: moderately fast-growing, growth forms: broad, coarse, irregular, spreading, open Krone, continuous stem

sheets: Distinctive three-lobed leaves, 15cm high, medium lobes looking like cut, fresh green. Blazing golden yellow in autumn

Flowers: Flowering V-VI, tulip-like flowers shells, green-yellow spotted with orange interior.

fruit: yellow-brown cones from winged nuts, about 8 cm long, are liable to spring, we hardly mature.

Bark: gray or brown, cracked, old trees with thick bars. Twigs olive green, green, brown or brown, 2-year-old gray, round in cross section.

roots deep roots, heart-rooter, fleshy roots




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