Tulip tree wanted
H. Mark Nadel - w2ufo
I live on Long Island, NY and am trying to located a source for obtaining a
tulip tree. Does anyone have an idea as to a supplier that may have one. I
have gone to many nurseries and have not had any luck.
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CarolM5397
"I live on Long Island, NY and am trying to located a source for obtaining
a
tulip tree. Does anyone have an idea as to a supplier that may have one. I
have gone to many nurseries and have not had any luck."
I got my tulip poplar from Thomas Jefferson's Monticello in Virginia. It
was sold by the nursery there that propagates native and historic plants.
The plant I got was supposedly propagated directly from a tree Jefferson
himself grew on the property and is still growing there.
Mine has grown rapidly and well and I am very pleased with it; regrettably
it has just dropped many leaves, no doubt due to the local dought stress.
Carol
zone 5-6, PA
M & V
In <01bc970d$c0042f40$e58061cf@hmn> "H. Mark Nadel - w2ufo"
<mr_...@i-2000.com> writes:
>
>I live on Long Island, NY and am trying to located a source for
obtaining a
>tulip tree. Does anyone have an idea as to a supplier that may have
one. I
>have gone to many nurseries and have not had any luck.
>
for Stephen, and tell him Victoria from Dallas, (who used to work
there) sent you. He may be able to find a poplar you desire. There is
also Becketts in Medford. At least I believe they are in Medford. I
could even be wrong about the name. Sheesh my memory is shot! Keep in
mind, this tree is a big, gigantic mess, so if you plan to put it near
a deck, you will have to clean up the blooms daily. It is also one of
the fastest growing trees known to man!
Victoria
Nancy Dooley
>there) sent you. He may be able to find a poplar you desire. There is
>also Becketts in Medford. At least I believe they are in Medford. I
>could even be wrong about the name. Sheesh my memory is shot! Keep in
>mind, this tree is a big, gigantic mess, so if you plan to put it near
>a deck, you will have to clean up the blooms daily. It is also one of
>the fastest growing trees known to man!
>
>Victoria
I believe the original question was about locating a liriodendrun,
"tulip tree," not a poplar or magnolia.
The liriodendrun only blooms one time a year - and that after about 7
to 10 years in the ground - here in zone 4/5, mine bloom about
Memorial Day. They have pretty yellow/orange "tulip" flowers on them.
They last about a week.
This tulip tree is one of the fastest-growing beautiful dense shade
trees there is. It is also very disease and bug free, and does well
in clay or other poor soil, during drought periods, etc. My biggest
one is well over the top of my two-story house, and about 70 feet
across from branch tip to branch tip. I love it; it has huge
tulip-shaped leaves.
I had Earl May Nurseries (don't know if they're national) order mine;
I believe it came from Georgia. Anyway, it was pretty much red clay
in the dirt ball. ;-) I hope you find one. I have two now, and if I
had more room, I'd have a bunch more. Here in my part of Iowa, they
are native to the area, but still new ones have to be babied along
with mulch and conscientious watering for the first several years.
Nancy.
"You're only young once, but you can be immature
forever."
Nancy Dooley
On 23 Jul 1997 02:09:51 GMT, "H. Mark Nadel - w2ufo"
<mr_...@i-2000.com> wrote:
>I live on Long Island, NY and am trying to located a source for obtaining a
>tulip tree. Does anyone have an idea as to a supplier that may have one. I
>have gone to many nurseries and have not had any luck.
>
If you mean a liriodendrun, I ordered mine from Earl May Nurseries; I
don't know if they're national, though.
Polly M. Law
H. Mark Nadel - w2ufo wrote:
>
> I live on Long Island, NY and am trying to located a source for obtaining a
> tulip tree. Does anyone have an idea as to a supplier that may have one. I
> have gone to many nurseries and have not had any luck.
Hi H. Mark,
You can get Tulip trees (Liriodendron tulipifera) from:
Forest Farm
990 Tetherow Rd
Williams OR 97544-9599
2 caveats: shipping cost from FF in the summer are atrocious, better to
wait until fall or spring; and you do know how big these trees get,
don't you? I don't want to discourage you, I love thse stately NA
natives and think they are underused in the landscape, but they do get
to be about 100' tall and they grow relatively quickly- not for the
small yard.
Their flowers are just about the loveliest sight in the spring.
Good luck
Polly M. Law
Upstate NY/ Z5
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You may not find a local source, although tulip tree (Liriodendron
tulipifera) should be perfectly hardy in your area. By mail order, you
can get one from:
Arborvillage Farm Nursery
P.O. Box 227
Holt, MO 64048
(816) 264-3911
I have been ordering from them for years and highly recommend them.
Don Martinson
dma...@cdmas.crc.fmlh.edu
James A. Wiler
"Polly M. Law" <pm...@mhv.net> wrote:
>Hi H. Mark,
<<<<<<SNIP>>>>>
>
>Their flowers are just about the loveliest sight in the spring.
>
>Good luck
>
>
>Polly M. Law
Hi Polly,
I started one from seed several years ago, it's now about
3-4 feet tall. Do you know how old they have to be to start blooming?
thanks,
Jim
Nancy Dooley
On 1 Aug 1997 12:27:26 GMT, jaw...@umich.edu (James A. Wiler)
wrote:
If you're talking about liriodendrun tulipfera, mine bloomed at 7
years; I have another that is about 10 years old, and hasn't bloomed
yet. According to my nursery, 7-10 years is the norm.
Nancy.
If you're talking about magnolias or something else, I dunno.
Polly M. Law
James A. Wiler wrote:
>
> Hi Polly,
> I started one from seed several years ago, it's now about
> 3-4 feet tall. Do you know how old they have to be to start blooming?
> thanks,
> Jim
Hi Jim,
I think you're in for a few more years' wait for blooms, seven years
seems to be the magic number. Starting trees from seed-my hat is off to
you, that is a process few others at this ng have the patience(or
foresight) to pursue. Good luck.
--
Peter Phen
>
> Hi Polly,
> I started one from seed several years ago, it's now about
> 3-4 feet tall. Do you know how old they have to be to start blooming?
> thanks,
> Jim
Tulip trees start producing flowers at age 20. Very late bloomers!
They are beautiful trees!
Peter
Peter Phen
>
> If you're talking about liriodendrun tulipfera, mine bloomed at 7
> years; I have another that is about 10 years old, and hasn't bloomed
> yet. According to my nursery, 7-10 years is the norm.
>
> Nancy.
>
> If you're talking about magnolias or something else, I dunno.
Nancy,
I have a 10 year old Tulip Tree (liriodendron tulipifera) and it still
hasnt bloomed yet. A friend who is a horticulture said they take 20
years to bloom, so I guess yours are early bloomers. Lucky you!
Peter
Jim Rooke
On Sat, 02 Aug 1997 15:30:57 -0500, "Polly M. Law" <pm...@mhv.net>
wrote:
>James A. Wiler wrote:
>>
>> Hi Polly,
>> I started one from seed several years ago, it's now about
>> 3-4 feet tall. Do you know how old they have to be to start blooming?
>> thanks,
>> Jim
>
>Hi Jim,
>
>I think you're in for a few more years' wait for blooms, seven years
>seems to be the magic number. Starting trees from seed-my hat is off to
>you, that is a process few others at this ng have the patience(or
>foresight) to pursue. Good luck.
>
>--
>
>
>Polly M. Law
>
>Upstate NY/ Z5
Gee, down here in No. East Tennessee I just go out and dig one up.
I have two very large ones in my backyard that I started that way.
jim
“Let There be Peace on Earth and let it begin with me”
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Ishinan
I live in Zone 5. Three years ago we planted a small tulip tree. It
has bloomed every spring......and now it is blooming again!
Anyone else having this experience?
Karima
Bruce Francis
DI live in Zone 5. Three years ago we planted a small tulip tree. It
>has bloomed every spring......and now it is blooming again!
>
>Anyone else having this experience?
>
>Karima
Newsgroups: rec.gardens
Subject: My tulip tree is blooming again!
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 21:36:12 -0500
Orga
Bruce Francis
On 15 Aug 1997 04:10:07 GMT, JHebert102 wrote:
>was casting too much shade I cut it back drastically. But the thing is,
>about those flowers, they're not really all that great looking. Sure
>they're large and magnolia like (liriodendron is in the mag. family)--but
>the color is light green, or yellow green, not much different than the
>foliage. The flowers just blend in.
Hmmmm... not the case with the one I have here. It flowers with large
pink/white flowers, both in spring and again late summer (only a few
flowers late summer, but the summer bloom is an aberration anyway).
Nancy Dooley
On 15 Aug 1997 04:10:07 GMT, jhebe...@aol.com (JHebert102) wrote:
>I have one that I planted about three years ago. It was given to me by a
>nurseryman friend of mine who'd started it from seed--collected about a
>mile from here--just a year earlier. It grows in a protected site, not far
>from the garden hose, where significant water runs off. Everything around
>this area grows huge in no time, including an evergreen Magnolia
>virginiana that's 13 feet tall after five years and is in it's second year
>of blooming.
>Anyway, my tulip tree--which I originally got for someone else because I
>don't like deciduous trees--reached ten feet tall this summer. Because it
>was casting too much shade I cut it back drastically. But the thing is,
>about those flowers, they're not really all that great looking. Sure
>they're large and magnolia like (liriodendron is in the mag. family)--but
>the color is light green, or yellow green, not much different than the
>foliage. The flowers just blend in.
Maybe YOUR tulip tree has blended flowers, but mine doesn't - they are
yellow on the outside and go to orange in the center/top. They are
very visible in my tree and everyone loves 'em. >;-)
N.
JHebert102
DomMana
In article <19970815041...@ladder02.news.aol.com>,
jhebe...@aol.com (JHebert102) writes:
> But the thing is,
>about those flowers, they're not really all that great looking. Sure
>they're large and magnolia like (liriodendron is in the mag. family)--but
>the color is light green, or yellow green, not much different than the
>foliage. The flowers just blend in.
Hi.
We live in a heavily treed neighborhood, with gazillions of tulip trees. I
have developed a real dislike of them. In the spring, they shed "thingies"
that fly all through the air and clog the gutters; later they shed those
flowers you spoke of AND huge amounts of sap that drips all over our patio
and patio furniture and attracts aphids and ants; in fall they shed their
leaves -- but not just any old dry leaves, these are covered with MOLD. I
have never had such bad allergies until we moved here, and I think the
tulip trees are mostly to blame. Nasty, dirty things!!! AND the wood is
notoriously weak and prone to toppling/splitting in storms. (But they do
grow tall and provide great shade, so I won't cut them down.)
~~Anne
Nancy Dooley
I don't know why yours are so sappy - mine aren't; also, there is
never any mold on the leaves (??). Maybe it's too damp or something
where you are. I also don't know what you're talking about when you
say they shed spring "thingies" - never seen 'em. And it was my
understanding that the wood was notoriously strong. Hmmm, very
curious. Maybe they're different here.
N.
Nancy Dooley
On Fri, 15 Aug 97 11:42:41 -0400, "Bruce Francis" <BFra...@pobox.com>
wrote:
>On 15 Aug 1997 04:10:07 GMT, JHebert102 wrote:
>
>>was casting too much shade I cut it back drastically. But the thing is,
>>about those flowers, they're not really all that great looking. Sure
>>they're large and magnolia like (liriodendron is in the mag. family)--but
>>the color is light green, or yellow green, not much different than the
>>foliage. The flowers just blend in.
>
>Hmmmm... not the case with the one I have here. It flowers with large
>pink/white flowers, both in spring and again late summer (only a few
>flowers late summer, but the summer bloom is an aberration anyway).
>
It sounds like you're talking about a magnolia; tulip trees have
yellow/orange flowers that look just like tulips.
N.