PlantsTrees
Tulip Tree
Liriodendron tulipifera
Chicago-region native. Suited to zone 6a.
A huge tree with tulip-shaped flowers up in the crown
ModerateTreesAlso Flowers
- Light
- Full sun
- Moisture
- Medium
- Mature size
- 70–90 ft
- Spacing
- Only on a lot that can hold it
- Bloom or harvest
- Flowers May–Jun, high in the tree
- How it spreads
- Fast tree
- What to buy
- A small container tree. It grows past you.
- When to plant
- Apr or Sep
In the design
Wrong tree for a 25-foot city lot. Right tree if the yard is deep and nothing is overhead. Flowers are real, and you will see them from the second floor, not the sidewalk.
